Hormones
Hormone that induces "heat"
What is Estrogen?
Gonadotrophs of the anterior pituitary
the place where FSH and LH are made
What is the anterior pituitary?
When a female is in heat?
What is between Day 19 and 21?
where testosterone is made
What is the Leydig Cell?
Supports fetal and placental development
myoepithelium of mammy glands
What is the target tissue of oxytocin?
present in the hypothalamus of females but not males
What is the Surge Center?
When the CL dies
What is day 17?
Where estrogen is made
What is the granulosa cell?
Stimulates the release of the gonadotropins
What is GnRH?
sertoli cells
What is the target tissue of FSH in males?
the convoluted vascular network in the stalk of the pituitary
What is the Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal Portal System?
When ovulation occurs
What is between 0 and 1 days?
cells that make FSH and LH
What are gonadotrophic cells of the anterior pituitary?
This hormone is made and released by neurons in the Paraventricular Nuclei
What is Oxytocin?
uterine endometrium and the hypothalamus
What are the target tissues of Progesterone?
the largest estrogen producing structure
What is the Antral, Graafian, preovulatory follicle?
When does the CL have PGF2a Receptors
What is Day 7?
cells that make oxytocin
What are the neuron cells of the paraventricular nuclei in the hypothalamus?
What is PGF2a?
Smooth muscle of epididymal tail, vas deferens, and ampulla
What are the target tissues of Oxytocin in males?
The place where is oxytocin is released?
What is the Posterior Pituitary?
The period when the CL responsive to PGF2a
What is between D7 and Day 17?
cells that make GnRH