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ACTH triggers the release of these hormones in response to stress.
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Glucocorticoids
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This hormone stimulates the development of eggs and sperm.
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FSH
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This hormone stimulates and maintains metabolic processes and plays a role in development.
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Thyroxine (T4) and Triidothyronine (T3)
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Click on a gland important in regulating biological rhythms.
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Pineal Gland that produces melatonin
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This hormone opposes the action ofparathyroid hormone.
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Calcitonin
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Click on the gland whose hormones provide long-term responses to stress.
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Adrenal gland with glucocorticoids and mineraocorticoids
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This hormone raises blood calcium level.
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parathyroid hormone
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This hormone stimulates milk production.
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Prolactin (PRL)
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Bartholin's gland
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secretes lubricating fluid
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The _____ is (are) the site of testosterone production in the testis.
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Leydig cells
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Which part of the male reproductive tract stores sperm as they mature until they exit from the male's body?
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epididymis
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At what point does the secondary oocyte complete meiosis?
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after species-specific proteins of sperm and ovum combine
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How do egg cells enter the oviduct after ovulation?
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Ciliary currents bring fluid inside, carrying the egg cell along.
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Into which structure is a human oocyte released upon ovulation
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abdominal cavity
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What is the source of the hormones that, when suddenly absent, are directly responsible for the onset of menstruation?
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corpus luteum
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Sperm has several components; the function of the acrosome is to
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release an enzyme that breaks down the membrane of the ovum
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Menstruation results in the discharge of
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the endometrial lining
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Because the genetic composition of the fetus is not identical to that of the mother, it is somewhat surprising that the fetus is not rejected as a foreign body. It appears that this is because
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a protective layer, the trophoblast, surrounds the embryo and prevents direct contact with maternal tissue
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Birth control pills contain synthetic estrogen and progesterone. How do these hormones prevent pregnancy?
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They keep the pituitary from secreting FSH and LH, preventing ovulation.
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