Phys 2- NWHSU- Female Repro Exam Questions Verified Marking Scheme New Update (A+ Pass)
The ovaries secrete ________ when stimulated by FSH.
A. estrogen
B. progesterone
C. gonadotropins
D. oxytocin - Answers - A. estrogen
During development of the embryo to fetus, which of the following i...
Phys 2- NWHSU- Female Repro Exam
Questions Verified Marking Scheme
New Update (A+ Pass)
The ovaries secrete ________ when stimulated by FSH.
A. estrogen
B. progesterone
C. gonadotropins
D. oxytocin - Answers -✔✔ A. estrogen
During development of the embryo to fetus, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Sertoli cells secrete testosterone
B. The ovaries secrete mullerien hormone
C. High levels of estrogen are required for sexual differentiation to female.
D. Antimullerian hormone contributes to development of a male. - Answers -✔✔ D.
Antimullerian hormone contributes to development of a male.
Oxytocin is responsible for
A. preventing milk release from the mammary glands.
B. production of breast milk in the mammary glands.
C. causing contraction of the uterus during labor.
D. maintaining normal calcium levels. - Answers -✔✔ C. causing contraction of the
uterus during labor.
Which hormone only has a biological function in women?
A. prolactin
B. thyroid-stimulating hormone
C. follicle stimulating hormone
D. luteinizing hormone - Answers -✔✔ A. prolactin
Which of the following is NOT an action of luteinizing hormone (LH) in women?
A. LH induces ovulation
B. LH promotes the ovarian secretion of estrogens and progestins
C. LH stimulates the formation of a pre-ovulatory follicle capable of ovulation
D. LH prepares the body for pregnancy - Answers -✔✔ C. LH stimulates the formation
of a pre-ovulatory follicle capable of ovulation
About 2 days before ovulation, the rate of secretion of LH by the anterior pituitary gland
increases markedly. At this time, LH has a specific effect on the granulosa and theca
cells of the
follicle. The increase in LH..
A. inhibits hormone production by the induces the granulosa & theca cells
, B. induces the granulosa & theca cells to secrete greater amounts of progesterone.
C. "rescues" the corpus luteum.
D. induces the granulosa & theca cells to secrete greater amounts of estrogen. -
Answers -✔✔ B. induces the granulosa & theca cells to secrete greater amounts of
progesterone.
Seven days after ovulation, pituitary secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) decreases
rapidly.
What is the cause of this decrease in secretion?
A. The anterior pituitary gland becomes unresponsive to the stimulatory effect of
gonadotropinreleasing hormone (GnRH)
B. Estrogen from the developing follicles exerts a feedback inhibition on the
hypothalamus
C. The rise in body temperature inhibits hypothalamic release of GnRH
D. Secretion of estrogen and progesterone by the corpus luteum suppresses
hypothalamic
secretion of GnRH and pituitary secretion of LH - Answers -✔✔ D. Secretion of
estrogen and progesterone by the corpus luteum suppresses hypothalamic
secretion of GnRH and pituitary secretion of LH
A young woman is given daily injections of a substance beginning on the 16th day of
her normal
menstrual cycle and continuing for 3 weeks. As long as the injections continue, she
does not
menstruate. The injected substance could be which of the following?
A. Testosterone
B. FSH
C. HCG
D. A prostaglandin PGF2-α - Answers -✔✔ C. HCG
During the 12-hr period preceding ovulation, which of the following is true?
A. The plasma concentration of estrogen is rising
B. A surge of luteinizing hormone is secreted from the pituitary
C. The surge occurs immediately after the formation of the corpus luteum
D. The surge followed immediately by a fall in the plasma concentration of progesterone
E. The number of developing follicles is increasing - Answers -✔✔ B. A surge of
luteinizing hormone is secreted from the pituitary
When do progesterone levels rise to their highest point during the female hormonal
cycle?
A. Between ovulation and the beginning of menstruation
B. Immediately before ovulation
C. When the blood concentration of luteinizing hormone is at its highest point
D. When 12 primary follicles are fully developed - Answers -✔✔ A. Between ovulation
and the beginning of menstruation
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