This gene on the Y chromosome initiates testis development during fetal growth
What is the SRY gene?
Where is sperm made in the male reproductive system?
What is the seminiferous tubule?
What kind of feedback does estrogen provide to stimulate an LH surge
What is a positive feedback?
What happens to the Wolffian ducts in the absence of testosterone
What is they regress?
Which type of hormone typically binds to receptors inside the cell and alters gene expression
What are steroid hormones?
These two cell types are stimulated by the presence of the SRY gene
What are Sertoli and Leydig cells?
Name at least two abnormal types of sperm morphology
What are giant sperm, micro-sperm, double-headed, or rough-headed sperm?
Which two hormones are produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar
What are insulin and glucagon?
What is the second messenger commonly used by peptide hormones like LH and FSH
What is cAMP?
Which part of the pituitary stores and releases oxytocin and vasopressin"
What is the posterior pituitary?
How does FSH contribute to spermatogenesis
What stimulates Sertoli cells to convert spermatids to sperm
Which structure releases the egg during ovulation
What is the dominant follicle?
Which organ secretes erythropoietin, which controls RBC production
What are the kidneys?
What condition results from having only one X chromosome (XO)
What is Turner syndrome?
What structure in the ovary forms after ovulation and secretes progesterone
What is corpus luteum?
What is the first menstrual period called
What is menarche?
Which gland secretes melatonin and helps regulate circadian rhythm
What is the pineal gland?
What hormone combination is required to release amounts of fatty acids from adipose tissue
What are epinephrine and thyroid hormone together?
What hormone does the hypothalamus release to trigger LH and FSH secretion
What is GnRH?
In females, what hormone surge triggers ovulation
What is the LH hormone?
Which hormone inhibits FSH secretion during the follicular phase
What is inhibin?
What hormone does the anterior pituitary release in response to GnRH to stimulate ovulation
What is LH?
What kind of hormone is one that stimulates the secretion of another hormone
What is a tropic hormone?
What type of cells in the hypothalamus synthesize posterior pituitary hormones
What are neurosecretory cells?
which feedback mechanism regulates testosterone production via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
What is a negative feedback?