Chapter 20 Flashcards
The testes stop making testosterone by the _________, and the ovaries don’t make embryonic sex hormone.
Third trimester
Sex hormone secretion does not occur again in either sex until the gonads are stimulated at _______.
Puberty
Once the sex hormone secretion occurs, the anterior pituitary begins releasing _________.
Gonadotropic hormones
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are produced in the ________ of both males and females with three effects.
Anterior pituitary glands
The stimulation of spermatogenesis, stimulation of gonadal hormone secretion, and maintenance of the structures of the gonads are the three effects of what?
FSH and LH that are produced in the anterior pituitary glands
The release of FSH and LH is controlled by the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the ________.
Hypothalamus
The regulation of FSH and LH is regulated by a negative-feedback loop where rising levels of _________ and inhibiting the GnRH release, and inhibiting the pituitary response to GnRH.
Gonadal hormone
Aside from the usual gonadal hormones, the gonads also secrete _______.
Inhibin
The inhibin is secreted by _____ in the testes.
Sertoli cells
The inhibin is secreted by granulosa cells of ________ follicles.
Ovarian
The inhibin specifically inhibits release of ____.
FSH (no effect on LH)
Secretion of ______ is pulsatile so FSH and LH are also pulsatile (more apparent in females than males).
GnRH
Frequency of pulsations affects the _______ response.
Target gland’s
Secretion of FSH and LH is elevated at _____ and stays high for the first 6 months of postnatal life.
Birth
After secretion of FSH and LH is elevated at birth, it declines to almost nothing until ______.
Puberty
Puberty begins with a release of ______.
LH (pulsatile)
Puberty begins with a release of LH due to the declining sensitivity of the hypothalamus to negative feedback effects of ______.
Gonadal hormones
Puberty begins with a release of LH, which results in increases in ________ or estradiol-17Beta secretion.
testosterone
Puberty begins with a release of LH, which produce _____ sex characteristics.
Secondary
The secondary sex characteristics in ______ are growth spurts, breast development, and menarche (first menstrual flow).
Girls
The secondary sex characteristics in ____ are later growth spurts, and body, muscle, penis, testis growth.
Boys
The secondary sex characteristics in both sexes is body hair is stimulated by ______ from adrenal gland at puberty.
Androgens
Age of the onset of puberty depends on ______ and amount of body fat.
Activity levels
_____ is secreted by adipose cells is required for the onset of puberty.
Leptin