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| gonadotropin-releasing hormone |
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| released in the hypothalamus and stimulates release of FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)and LH (leutinizing hormone) |
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| regulated by negative feedback loops |
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Secretion of FSH and LH are the strongest in the first 6 months of life, then declines to almost nothing until puberty happens
-begins with release of LH |
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more active slimmer girls may have onset later
depends on activity levels and body fat |
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Seminiferous tubules- where spermatogenesis occurs
Interstitial tissue-where leydig cells make testosterone
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| the seminal vesicle and prostate gland add fluid to sperm to form semen |
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| a sperm count of less than 20 million, considered less fertile |
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| female accessory reproductive organs |
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ovaries and fallopian tubes
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| production also stimulated by FSH |
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this secretes both estrogen and progesterone
play a role in the mentrual cycle |
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happens every 28-30 days
broken down into 3 stages
menstrual
proliferative
secretory |
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| cycle changes in the ovaries |
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3 phases
follicular phase
ovulation
luteal phase
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| decribed by increase in estrogen between day 1-13 |
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| FSH and LH beome inhibited by the pituitary gland, to give oocyte chance to be fertilized |
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occurs while ovary is in follicular phase
endometrium grows and becomes very vascular
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the endometrium becomes thicker and more vascular
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| fall in estrogen and progesterone and corpus luteum degenerates |
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includes synthetic estrogen and progesterone
inhibits ovulation
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| samples taken from amniotic fluid to detect genetic abnormailites like down syndrome |
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occur in response to the hormone oxytocin from the hypothalamus and prostaglandis from the placentia |
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| prolactin from pituitary gland stimulates mile production |
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igG antibodies passed from mother to baby in vitro
igA passed through breast milk
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