Questions – Answer in sentences

  1. Which part of the body produces FSH?

_____Pituitary gland______

______

  1. What does FSH do?

_____It stimulates ovarian follicles to mature and produce estrogen and other hormones in sequences. It initiates the ovarian cycle._______

______

  1. What produces estrogen?

____Ovarian follicles in response to FSH ______

______

  1. On which day is the egg (ovum) released? [consider 28 day cycle]

______Day 14______

______

  1. Where in the reproductive system would you find the ovum between day 14 and 17?

_____In the fallopian tubes______

______


4 ~ 6 : Ovarian/ Menstrual Cycle stages, 1 ~ 3 : Fertile / Infertile?

What are the two similarities and differences between the Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis?

-Similarities:

  • A mother cell divide twice to produce 4 daughter cells
  • Mother cells are diploids and daughter cells are haploids
  • Both processes are regulated by the same set of pituitary gland hormones (LH and FSH)

-Differences:

  • Only one vialbe ovum is produces per oogenesis Vs. all four sperms are viable from a spermatogenesis
  • The location of oogenesis and spermatogenesis : ovaries / fallopian tube Vs. Testis

What is a differnce between the menopause and the andropause? Similarity?

-Difference:

  • Male remain fertile although the sperm count may be lower than before
  • Females permanantly stop producing viable ovum

-Similarity:

  • Hormonal changes occur: estrogen level drops in female and testosterone level decreases in male.
  • Symptoms accompany: emotional, physical fatigueness, ect.

What are the three purposes of the artificial insemination?

1. Animal Reproduction

2. Preservation of the gene pool

3. Solution for human infertility

Ms. October ovulates 9th day of the month and she is on a 28 day cycle. What date will her menstruation start? Indicate the menstrual phase, the proliferation phase, ovulation and the secretory phase on the calendar if applicable.

Ms. October ovulates 14th day of the month and she is on a 30 day cycle. What date will her menstruation start? Indicate the menstrual phase, the proliferation phase, ovulation and the secretory phase on the calendar if applicable.

Crystal had 32-day Menstrual cycle. If her Menstruation started on the 5th of October, when will her next menstruation start? Indicate the menstrual phase, the proliferation phase, ovulation and the secretory phase on the calendar.