Sexual Differentiation and Development — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Steroidogenic factor -1 (SF-1) and GATA-2 are factors that are required for _____troph differentiation

Answer: gonado

Flashcard 2: In the female, AMH is secreted by the _____ cells after puberty

Answer: granulosa

Flashcard 3: _____ cells secrete androgen-binding protein which serves to maintain local levels of testosterone

Answer: Sertoli

Flashcard 4: Pubarche, or the development of pubic hair, is _____ mediated by estrogen.

Answer: not

Flashcard 5: In _____ deficiency, a person is genotypically XY but has underdeveloped (ambiguous) male external genitalia with normal internal genitalia

Answer: 5-reductase

Flashcard 6: Leydig cells secrete _____ in the presence of LH

Answer: testosterone

Flashcard 7: In general, sex chromosome disorders (e.g. Turner's, Klinefelter) present with _____ testosterone and/or estrogen and increased LH

Answer: decreased

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

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

Answer: Tail