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BIOL 404-Exam 4-Reproduction 3
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What male androgen is more potent than Testosterone?
Dihydrotestosterone
Where is testosterone converted to dihydrotestosterone?
In the tissues that it is effecting: Penis, Scrotum and Prostate glands
Which is the default gender?
Female
The anterior pituitary produces what hormones during the first year of infancy, causing CNS development?
GnRH and GnH
What hormones facilitate CNS growth in early life?
GnRH and GnH
Describe the role of sex hormones from infancy to puberty:
Very low, quiescent
What do levels of hormones look like throughout the day?
They have pulsations throughout the whole day
Large cycles of sex hormone levels occur at what point in sexual development?
During puberty
Particularly in women throughout the menstrual cycle
What type of fluctuations do you expect to see in male sex hormones level during puberty?
Small cycles that happen continually throughout the day
Which sex would you expect to see large sex hormone fluctuations in during puberty?
Females
Which sex would you expect to see small constant fluctuations of sex hormones in?
Males
When does reproductive competency begin?
Puberty
Why do reproductive functions diminish later in life?
The gonads become less responsive to the gonadotropins
When do the gonads become less responsive to gonadotropins?
Late in life
What is the outcome of the gonads becoming less and less responsive to gonadotropins?
Reproductive cessation
For men, when do hormone levels drop off?
60s
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BIOL 404-Exam 4-Reproduction 3
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BIOL 404-Exam 4-Reproduction 3
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2013-04-24T22:40:40Z
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