Big Concepts Flashcards
(105 cards)
What cells responsd to LH
Leydig cells
What cells respond to FSH
Sertoli Cells
What secretes LH
Anterior Pituitary
What enzyme takes Testosterone into dihydrotestosterone
5alpha-reductase
What the main enzyme in thyroid synthesis that takes T4 to T3
5’deiodinase
What is the order of the uterine layers
Perimetrium
Myometrium
Endometrium
Most common tumor in women
Leiomyoma/fibroid
Most common invasive cancer of the female tract
Uterine Adenocarcinoma
What type of enzyme converts testosterone and androstenodion to estrione
Aromatase
First two weeks of cycle what is dominant
Estrogen
Second two weeks what is dominant
Progesterone
What happens when progesterone drops
we get a period, when we dont get this drop we are prego
What day are we ovulating? What spikes right before ovulation
Day 20
LH
What is the most common benign tumor of the breast in women under 30
Fibroadenomaq
What is the number 1 female cancer
Carcinoma in ducts and glands
In spermatogenesis the first meiotic division is____ the second is ___
Haploid
Diploid
Meiosis =
gaetogenesis
What is the first named structure after fusing of the pronuclei
Zygote
What is the final implanting structure
Blastocyst
why is 12 or more blastomeres
morula
What are the stages of development
Day 1: fertilization to zygote formation
Day 2-3: Zeell stage through morula
Day 4-5: Free Blastocyst
Day 5-6: Blastocyst attaches=implantation
What is the prmary site of fertilization
The ampulla
What comes from the ectoderm
CNS PNS Sensory Epithelial of eye, ear, nose Epidermis and appendages Mammary Glands posterior pituitary Adrenal Medulla
What comes from the Mesoderm
Connective tissue, cartilage, bone muscle heart blood, lymph, cells kd,ovary, testes, genital ducts serous membrane spleen adrenal cortex