Reproductive System
1. What are the organs that
are part of the male genital
system?
2. Concerning reproduction
what is the function of the
testicles?
3. After passing the
epididymides through which
structures do sperm cells go
until exteriorization?
4. What is the function of the
secretions of the prostate,
seminal vesicle and
bulbourethral glands in
reproduction?
5. What are the endocrine
glands that regulate sexual
activity in males? How does
this regulation work and what
are the involved hormones?
6. What are the organs that
are part of the female
reproductive system?
7. In which period of life does
the formation of gametes
begin in women?
8. What is the organ that
releases the female gamete
under formation? How is this
release triggered? What is the
organ that collects the
released gametes?
9. What are the anatomical
relationships between the
organs of the female
reproductive system from the
external vulva to the ovaries?
10. What is the menstrual
cycle?
11. What are the endocrine
glands involved in the
menstrual cycle? What are the
hormones in action?
12. What event marks the
beginning of the menstrual
cycle? What is the blood
concentration of FSH, LH,
estrogen and progesterone in
this phase of the cycle?
13. After menses what is the
hormone that influences the
maturation of the ovarian
follicles?
14. What is the hormone
secreted by the growing
ovarian follicles? What is the
action of that hormone upon
the uterus?
15. What is the relationship
between the estrogen level
and the LH level in the
menstrual cycle? What is the
function of LH in the
menstrual cycle and when
does its blood concentration
reach a peak?
16. What are the hormones
that promote the release of
the female gamete from the
follicle and at which day of the
menstrual cycle does this
phenomenon happen? What is
this event called?
17. How does the female
gamete move from the ovary
to the uterus?
18. How long after ovulation
must fecundation occur to be
effective?
19. What is the structure into
which the follicle is
transformed after ovulation?
What is the importance of that
structure in the menstrual
cycle?
20. What is the importance of
the uterine glycogen producing glands?
21.How does the hypophysiscorpus luteum negative
feedback work? What is the
name given to theatrophied
corpus luteum after this
feedback process?
22. In hormonal terms why
does menses occur?
23. What is the explanation
for the bleeding that
accompanies menses?
24. Which are the phases of
the menstrualcycle?
25. Including main events and
hormonal changes how can
the menstrual cycle be
described?
26. In general what is the
phase of the menstrual cycle
when copulation may lead to
fecundation?
27. What is the part of the
female reproductive system
where fecundation occurs?
28. How does the sexual
arousal mechanism in women
facilitate fecundation?
29. What is nidation? In which
phase of the menstrual cycle
does nidation occur?
30. What is tubal pregnancy?
31. How do hormonal tests to
detect pregnancy work?
32. Does the hypophysis ovaries endocrine axis work in
the same way during
pregnancy as in non-pregnant
women? If pregnancy does
not occur how does another
menstrual cycle begin?
33. What is the endocrine
function of the placenta?
34. How do contraceptive pills
generally work?
35. What are the common
contraindications of the
contraceptive pills?
36. What are the most
common methods of male and
female surgical sterilization?
37. How does the
contraceptive diaphragm
work? What are the
limitations of this
contraceptive method?
38. Why is the use of condoms
not just a contraceptive
method but also a health
protection behavior?
39. What is the normal
duration of the menstrual
cycle? How does the calendar
contraceptive method work?
40. How is the ovulation date
estimated with the control of
the woman's body
temperature?
41. What is the contraceptive
mechanism of the IUD?
42. Generally how does a male
animal realize that the female
is receptive to copulation?
43. What is parthenogenesis?