Module 10 Flashcards
The most frequent type of congenital chromosomal disorder in males is Klinefelters syndrome (KS).
True
In a hormonal panel test, low TSH levels are discovered. An additional test of the ______ maybe be beneficial.
Anterior pituitary
In an initial exam a patient is concerned over rather quick and unexplainable weight loss, muscle weakness, and fatigue. A good first test might be to obtain levels of ______ hormone in her system.
Thyroxine
Enhancing the social cue hormonal receptors in the ______ of the brain facilitates social recognition behavior.
Hippocampus
In female rodents, the coordination of ovulation, receptivity, and the desire to mate is achieved by the hormone ______.
Estradiol
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are drugs designed to mimic the natural hormonal steroids and used to treat diseases that cause ______.
Loss of muscle mass
One functional difference between steroid and non-steroid hormones is the effect mechanism of ______.
Entering cells
In human females in the luteal phase, progesterone levels are ______.
High
The sex-determining region Y protein causes the fetus to produce male ______.
Gonads
From the research of physiologists Bayless and Starling body secretions that indicate physiologic influences, the scientific term ______ was coined.
Hormone
Should fertilization occur in human cycle, high levels of ______ are released to support pregnancy.
Testosterone
Women with a genetic disorder called congenital adrenal hyperplasia are equally likely to be heterosexual as women in the general population.
False
In studies of reproduction using rodents, the reproductive pattern was such that females mate only during what is known as ______ stages.
Behavioral estrus
The motivation to engage in reproductive behavior in male rodents is thought to occur through the release of ______ in the MPOA.
Dopamine
The pituitary gland works synergistically with the ______ to control activation or inhibition of hormone release from the pituitary.
Hypothalamus
Growth Hormone supplementation or therapy is used on with disease or trauma that affects the ______ or pituitary.
Hypothalamus
The human female uterine cycle is driven by steroid hormones produced in the ______.
Menstrual cycle
The behavioral, physiological, and morphological traits differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals have been attributed to homosexuals being exposed to atypical amounts of testosterone during development.
Testosterone
In a study published in 2007, psychologists Meston and Buss listed the ______reasons for why people have sex besides reproduction.
Top 50
The communication pathways of Synaptic signaling via neurotransmitters is the same as endocrine signaling via hormones.
False
An initial diagnostic test for ______ would be appropriate for a patient complaining of unexplainable weight gain along with feeling cold all the time, hoarseness, fatigue, and puffy swollen neck.
Hypothyroidism
Neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus synthesize oxytocin and vasopressin.
True
During birth if a mother’s progression slows down she may be administered a drug that acts the natural hormone ______ to increase contractions.
Oxytocin
The peak estrogen level in human females occurs just prior to the ______ cycle.
Ovarian Cycle
