Female Reproduction

Question 1

estrus

Answer 1

period of receptivity of the female to be bred by the male (heat)

Question 2

ovulation

Answer 2

the release of an ovum from a follicle

Question 3

follicle

Answer 3

structure on the ovary that contains the ovum

Question 4

ovum

Answer 4

egg

Question 5

estrus cycle

Answer 5

all physiological events that occur from one ovulation to another

Question 6

T/F the estrus cycle is the same thing as the menstrual cycle

Answer 6

False

Question 7

oviposition

Answer 7

process of laying an egg

Question 8

gestation

Answer 8

pregnancy/development of a fetus

Question 9

incubation

Answer 9

development of the fetus OUTSIDE the body

Question 10

parturition

Answer 10

birth process

Question 11

E2

Answer 11

estrogen

Question 12

P4

Answer 12

progesterone

Question 13

progesterone is the what hormone?

Answer 13

pregnancy

Question 14

when does ovulation happen?

Answer 14

right after estrus, right before metestrus

Question 15

follicle maturation happens when?

Answer 15

during proestrus

Question 16

P4 is at its peak when?

Answer 16

during diestrus

Question 17

E2 is at its peak when?

Answer 17

ovulation

Question 18

exocrine

Answer 18

ovum production

Question 19

endocrine

Answer 19

produces follicle and corpus luteum

Question 20

follicle

Answer 20

follicular cells, theca interna

Question 21

follicular cells

Answer 21

E2, “hormone of estrus”

Question 22

theca interna

Answer 22

T, testosterone

Question 23

corpus luteum

Answer 23

P4, progesterone, “hormone of pregnancy”

Question 24

what is in charge of estrogen?

Answer 24

follicle

Question 25

what is in charge of progesterone?

Answer 25

corpus luteum

Question 26

corpus albicans

Answer 26

"scar tissue"

Question 27

oviduct

Answer 27

transports, site of fertilization, nutrition

Question 28

uterus

Answer 28

transports, nutrition, site of gestation, endocrine

Question 29

bicornuate

Answer 29

2 horns (all domestic animals)

Question 30

cervix

Answer 30

physical barrier to protect uterus

Question 31

vagina

Answer 31

semen deposition

Question 32

trophoblast

Answer 32

layer of tissue supplying the embryo with nutrients

Question 33

order of cell division steps?

Answer 33

zygote, embryo, 2-celled, 4-celled, 8-celled, morula, blastocyst

Question 34

what attaches to the uterine wall?

Answer 34

blastocyst

Question 35

what will eventually become the placenta?

Answer 35

blastocoele

Question 36

placenta

Answer 36

exchange of nutrients/waste, exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, hydraulic dampener

Question 37

what is the function of the hydraulic dampener?

Answer 37

cushions the fetus

Question 38

parturition

Answer 38

birthing process, cervical dilation, lubrication

Question 39

four types of placental attachments?

Answer 39

diffuse, zonary, cotyledonary, discoid

Question 40

what animals have a diffuse placenta?

Answer 40

horses and pigs

Question 41

what animals have a zonary placenta?

Answer 41

cats and dogs

Question 42

what animals have a cotyledonary placenta?

Answer 42

cattle, sheep, goats (ruminants)

Question 43

what animals have a discoid placenta?

Answer 43

humans, primates, rabbits

Question 44

which placenta is limited to a "zone" or a "middle band"

Answer 44

zonary

Question 45

which placenta is more of a rounded area?

Answer 45

discoid

Question 46

placentome

Answer 46

cotyledon and caruncle

Question 47

cotyledon

Answer 47

placenta

Question 48

caruncle

Answer 48

uterine wall

Question 49

T/F for litter-bearing animals, all placentas are separate from one another

Answer 49

true

Question 50

what is step one in the parturition process?

Answer 50

contractions/cervical dilation

Question 51

what is step two in the parturition process?

Answer 51

fetus expulsion

Question 52

what is step three in the parturition process?

Answer 52

fetal membrane expulsion

Question 53

dystocia

Answer 53

fetus has problems or the cervix is not well dilated

Question 54

T/F Avian reproductive tracts has a larger modified oviduct

Answer 54

true

Question 55

which ovary is the only one that develops in a chicken?

Answer 55

left

Question 56

what is part one of the oviduct in a chicken?

Answer 56

infundibulum

Question 57

what is part two of the oviduct in a chicken?

Answer 57

magnum

Question 58

what is part three of the oviduct in a chicken?

Answer 58

isthmus and uterus

Question 59

what does the infundibulum produce?

Answer 59

albumin (white)

Question 60

what does the magnum produce?

Answer 60

membranes

Question 61

what do the isthmus and uterus produce?

Answer 61

shell

Question 62

T/F chickens have placentas

Answer 62

false