Reproductive Flashcards
(151 cards)
Sertoli cells of male secrete blank during development?
Antimullerian hormone– causes atrophy of mullerian ducts
antimullerian hormone secreted by?
sertoli cells
Without testosterone, this structure fails to differentiate?
Wolffian ducts
Where is 5 alpha reductase located?
Prostate– converts testosterone into DHT
Where does GnRH come from?
Arcuate nuclei of hypothalamus
Sertoli cells secrete?
Inhibin– which is involved in negative feedback of FSH
Actions of dihydrotestoerone
differentiation of penis, scrotum, and prostate
Female external genitalia with no internal genital tract?
Androgen insensitivity XY–testosterone levels are elevated due to lack of negative feedback ( Testes are often found in the labia majora)
FSH and LH in prepubescent boy?
FSH>LH (after pubert LH>FSH)
Converts androgen to estradiol?
aromatase
FSH and LH levels during follicular phase?
LH and FSH are suppressed by neg feedback effect of estradiol on anterior pituitary– progesterone levels are low
End of follicular phase (FSH and LH)
Estradiol has a positive feedback effect on secretion of FSH and LH leading to the LH surge
Ovulation occurs as a result of?
Estrogen induced LH surge
What happens to estrogen after ovulatin?
Estrogen levels fall but rise again during luteal phase
What happens to cervical mucus during ovulaton?
More easily penetrable by sperm
Peak levels of HCG occur when?
9 weeks
How long does corpus luteum produce estradiol and progesterone for?
First semester– then progesterone is made by placenta and estrogens are made by the interplay of fetal adrenal gland and placenta
Major placental estrogen is called?
estriol
Describe the estrogen progesterone ratio that induced labor?
Estrogen:progesterone levels increases…. (no one knows this crap)
Describe prolactin production during pregnancy
Estrogen Stimulates prolactin production in pituitary but lactation does not occur because estrogen and progesterone block action of prolactin on the breast
What effects does prolactin have?
Inhibits GnRH and antagonizes the actions of LH and FSH on the ovaries
Where does adenohypophysis come from?
Surface ectoderm (Rathkes pouch)
Benign Rathkes pouch tumor with cholesterol crystals and calcification?
Craniopharyngiomas
Neuroectoderm derivatives?
CNS– brain, retina, optic nerve, spinal cord