ANSC 3401: REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ANSC 3401: REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. T/F: In farm animals, high levels of progesterone from a large follicle both prevents standing heat by
having negative feedback on the anterior pituitary and hypothalamus.
Answer:
False

Question:
2. T/F: Melatonin helps regulate oxytocin release from the posterior pituitary.
Answer:
False

Question:
3. T/F: The portal vessel is the bloodstream pathway used to deliver hormones to the posterior pituitary.
Answer:
False

Question:
4. T/F: There is onlyy one form of estrogens made in the ovary.
Answer:
False

Question:
5. T/F: Implantation takes place in the myometrium of the uterus.
Answer:
False

Question:
6. T/F: The posterior pituitary make some of the hormones it releases.
Answer:
False

Question:
7. T/F: Embryo transfer can be used to rapidly spread female genetics.
Answer:
True

Question:
8. T/F: Anuthing that can bind to a receptor, including pesticides and heavy metals, will trigger a response
from the cell.

,Answer:
False

Question:
9. T/F: The receptor for steroid hormones is found inside the cell.
Answer:
True

Question:
10. T/F: Puberty in the male is defined as maximun sperm output, while in the feamle it is defined as first
estrus.
Answer:
False

Question:
11. Which hormone is responsible for stimulation of follicular development to induce multiple ovulations,
superovulation?
Answer:
FSH

Question:
12. __________________ is responsible for corpus luteum formation. Once functional, the CL will secrete
__________________.
Answer:
LH, Progesterone

Question:
13. Which of the following hormones is not considered a reproductive hormone, but can have postive
effects on the reproductive process by being synergistic with prolactin in the female and increasing milk
synthesis?
Answer:
Cortisol

Question:
14. Which hormone is called the hormone of pregnancy and supports the blood supply to the lining of the
uterus keeping it healthy?
Answer:
Progesterone

Question:
15. Which hormone can be administered to animals for synchronization of estrus and ovulation-artificial
insemination (AI), embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other ART procedures?
Answer:
Progesterone

, Question:
16. Which of the following parts of the female reproductive tract can serve as the site of sperm deposition?
(think across species)
Answer:
All of the above

Question:
17. Which of the following hormones is not synthesized in the anterior pituitary gland?
Answer:
None of the above

Question:
18. GNRH is synthesized in the _________ and stimulates the release of ____________.
Answer:
Hypothalamus, LH

Question:
19. When estrogen levels are low, but present, GNRH is being secreted due to a _____________.
Answer:
Postive Feedback Loop

Question:
20. _______________ is synthesized in the ________________ and is responsible for maintaining specific
testosterone range.
Answer:
Inhibin, Testis

Question:
21. Which of the following would be caused by high levels of estrogen?
Answer:
All of the above

Question:
22. Which of the following hormones are made and secreted by the posterior pituitary?
Answer:
None of the above

Question:
23. In long day breeding animals, decreased sunlight will ______________ melatonin production, thus
triggering the animal to enter __________________.
Answer:
Increase, Anestrus

Question:
24. Which of the following hormones is not needed to synthesis milk?