Menstrual Cycle — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The _____ of the myocytes decreases appreciably in the post partum period.

Answer: size (number/size)

Flashcard 2: What phase of female breast has the NIS (secondary active co-transport)?_____

Answer: Gestational

Flashcard 3: Pulsatile secretion of GnRH stimulates the anterior pituitary to secrete _____ and LH

Answer: FSH

Flashcard 4: The function of the ovaries are _____ and secretion of the female sex steroid hormones progesterone and estrogen

Answer: oogenesis

Flashcard 5: The corpus luteum synthesizes _____ and progesterone

Answer: estradiol

Flashcard 6: The pulsatile pattern of GnRH after puberty drives a parallel pulsatile secretion of both _____ and LH by the anterior pituitary

Answer: FSH

Flashcard 7: Hypothalamic secretion of GnRH is mediated by the _____ nucleus and arcuate nucleus

Answer: preoptic

Flashcard 8: The glands and stroma of the prostate are maintained by _____

Answer: androgens

Flashcard 9: body temperature rises by _____ degree celcius after ovulation

Answer: 0.5-1

Extra: 

Flashcard 10: _____ of the epididymis has sperms with low amplitude and high-frequency tail movements (high/low)

Answer: Tail