Reproductive Physiology Exam Questions with answers

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Site of oogenesis and most hormone production - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Ovaries |\




Site of spermatozoal deposition - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Vulva/vagina


Site of oocyte fertilization and embryo implantation - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Uterus |\




Gate between the vulva/vagina and uterus - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cervix


Ovaries contain the _____ that are the central determinants of the
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estrous cycle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Follicles
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the component of the follicle that is released at the end of the
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follicular phase of the estrous cycle - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Oocyte/ovum


A remnant of the follicle that facilitates the luteal phase -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CL |\ |\

,Cells in the follicle and in the CL that regulate the estrous cycle -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Granulosa and theca cells |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Which cells surround the follicle and which cells are within the
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follicle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Surround- theca
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within- granulosa |\




A series of temporal transitions that define the female repro cycle -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Estrous
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A specific phase of the estrous cycle when sexual receptivity is
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highest and estrogen peaks - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Estrus
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Estrus coincides with ____ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ovulation
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estrous cycle repeats throughout the span of the reproductive age
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of the female - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Polyestrous
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estrous cycle repeats during a specific portion of the calendar year
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Seasonally polyestrous
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__________ and swine are polyestrous; cats, horses, sheep, and
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goats are seasonally polyestrous. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cattle
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estrous cycle occurs only one time in succession - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Monoestrous |\

,Dogs can have 2-3 cycles/yr but are ______ since it occurs 1 cycle
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at a time - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔monoestrus
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period in between estrous cycles - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Anestrus


a condition in which estrus does not return in a polyestrous animal
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(especially cattle) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Anestr(o)us |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




the phase in which follicle development predominates. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Follicular phase |\ |\




Most of the female reproductive hormones (except for ___________)
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peak during the follicular phase. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Progesterone


The follicular phase culminates with __________. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Ovulation |\




Luteal Phase: the phase in which the ____________ predominates -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CL |\ |\




Most of the female reproductive hormones (except for
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____________) are at a trough during the luteal phase. - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔Progesterone |\

, The luteal phase ends when the corpus luteum undergoes
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___________ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Involution (death) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




the stage within the follicular phase in which follicles start to
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mature and hormones (except for progesterone) start to rise. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Proestrus |\ |\




the stage with peak hormones whose levels fall precipitously at
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ovulation. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Estrus |\ |\ |\ |\




Estrus is the stage that is visibly evidenced by _________ to males
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(and other females as exhibited by dairy cattle). - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Receptivity |\




(standing heat) |\




the stage within the luteal phase in which the CL matures and
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most hormones are at a trough. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Metestrus


Diestrus: the stage with peak _________ and maximally CL activity. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Progesterone
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What signals the end of diestrus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When
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the CL has involuted completely
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What hormones are high during the follicular phase?
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