Hormones and Sexual Behavior

Question 1

A system of glands, each of which secretes type of hormone to regulate the body

Answer 1

Endocrine System

Question 2

An information signal system much like the nervous system

Answer 2

Endocrine System

Question 3

Hormones are like ______ that “tell” certain organs to produce hormones

Answer 3

Chemical messengers

Question 4

Regulates many functions of an organism, including mood, growth and development, tissue function, and metabolism

Answer 4

Hormones

Question 5

Regulates body temperature, metabolism, development and reproduction

Answer 5

Endocrine System

Question 6

Endocrine system key functions

Answer 6

• Regulates body temperature, metabolism, development and reproduction
• Maintains homeostasis
• regulates other organ systems

Question 7

What are the Endocrine Glands…

Answer 7

• Hypothalamus
• Pituitary Gland (Master Gland)
• Pineal Gland
• Thyroid Gland
• Adrenal Gland
• Ovaries (Female)
• Testes (Male)

Question 8

What is the main hormone released of pituitary gland (master gland)?

Answer 8

Anterior - adrenocortical tropic hormone (ACTH)
Posterior - oxytocin

Question 9

What is the main hormone released of pineal gland

Answer 9

Melatonin

Question 10

What is the main hormone released of thyroid gland?

Answer 10

Thyroxine

Question 11

What is the main hormone released of Adrenal Gland?

Answer 11

Adrenal medulla - adrenaline & noradrenaline
Adrenal Cortex - cortisol

Question 12

What is the main hormone released of ovaries (female)

Answer 12

Oestrogen

Question 13

What is the main hormone released of testes (male)?

Answer 13

Testosterone

Question 14

What is the effect of hypothalamus

Answer 14

Stimulates and controls the release of hormones from pituitary gland

Question 15

What is the effect of the ANTERIOR pituitary gland (master gland)

Answer 15

Stimulates the adrenal cortex and the release of cortisol during the stress response

Question 16

What is the effect of the POSTERIOR pituitary gland (master gland)

Answer 16

Responsible for uterus contractions during childbirth

Question 18

Responsible for important biological rhythms, including the sleep-wake cycle

Answer 18

Effect of Pineal Gland

Question 19

Responsible for regulating metabolism

Answer 19

Effect of Thyroid Gland

Question 20

The key hormones in the fight or flight response

Answer 20

Effect of ADRENAL MEDULLA in Adrenal Gland

Question 21

Stimulates the release of glucose to provide the body with energy, while suppressing the immune system

Answer 21

Effect of ADRENAL CORTEX of adrenal gland

Question 22

Controls the regulation of the female reproductive system, including the menstrual cycle and pregnancy

Answer 22

Effect of Ovaries

Question 23

Responsible for the development of male sex characteristics during puberty, while also promoting muscle growth

Answer 23

Effect of Testes

Question 24

Directed by a complex interplay between hormone actions in the brain that give rise to sexual arousal and physical experiences with a sexual reward

Answer 24

Sexual Behavior

Question 25

What is the three components of sexual behavior

Answer 25

- attraction - motivation or sexual desire - performance

Question 26

An emotional response sexual people where they find someone sexually appealing, and often results in a desire for sexual contact with a person

Answer 26

Attraction

Question 27

The normal human interest in sexual objects and activities.

Answer 27

Motivation or sexual desire

Question 28

The drive of motivation or sexual desire is referred to by?

Answer 28

Sigmund Freud

Question 29

An aspect of an individual’s sexuality and varies considerably between individual’s and under various circumstances

Answer 29

Libido

Question 30

Expressed desire of the creative drive

Answer 30

Performance

Question 31

Hormones

Answer 31

- estrogen ( female sex hormones) - testosterone ( male sex hormones)

Question 32

Guide the physical development of sex characteristics and behaviors

Answer 32

Hormones

Question 33

Women show a rise in both sex hormones

Answer 33

During ovulation

Question 34

Low levels of testosterone can reduce

Answer 34

Sexual motivation

Question 35

Sex hormones levels fall with age

Answer 35

Menopause, drugs, or surgery

Question 36

Triggers sexual motivation Mate Choice

Answer 36

Reward system

Question 37

Relays erotic stimuli incoming from the spinal cord

Answer 37

Thalamus

Question 38

Coordinates automatic events in sexual behavior Mate choice

Answer 38

Hypothalamus

Question 39

Gives emotional significance to incoming erotic stimuli Mate choice Modulates sexual drive

Answer 39

Amygdala

Question 40

Modulates sexual drive

Answer 40

Septal region

Question 41

Blunts the initiation of sexual behavior Modulates sexual drive

Answer 41

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 42

Processing sexual stimuli in conflictuary contexts Modules sexual drive

Answer 42

Cingulate cortex

Question 43

Awareness of tumescence of erectile organs Modulates sexual drive

Answer 43

Insula

Question 44

The sexual response cycle is divided into four phase which corresponds to various neurological processes:

Answer 44

- desire starts with sensory input - excitement ensues, increasing activation of the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system - organs involves a peak activation of the sympathetic. Branch of autonomic ns - Resolution is activation of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic ns

Question 45

The amygdala has selected incoming sensory information as very critical and worth noticing

Answer 45

Desire phase

Question 46

This leads to sympathetic nervous system activation, which peaks during

Answer 46

Orgasm

Question 47

After orgasm, the _________ is activated and slows us down to normal again

Answer 47

Parasympathetic nervous system

Question 48

Throught this process, the nucleus accumbens is receiving _______, and sending the message that this is great…

Answer 48

Dopamine

Question 49

Sexuality and Gender Spectrum

Answer 49

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