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1. Why do women get ultrasounds?
2. What could benefit a women by getting an ultrasound?
3. What is spermatogenesis?
4. What part of the brain regulates hormones?
5. What does FSH and LH do in the male body?
6. What type of feedback regulates the function of the male reproductive system?
7. What is oogenesis?
8. What is ovulation?
9. What is the name of the lining of the uterus?
10. What type of feedback assures that only one follicle develops at a time?
11. Describe the corpus luteum.
12. What is a gonad?
answers:
1. Women get ultrasounds to see the sex of the baby or to determine if the baby has an illness.
2. A women could know in advance if her child will have mental or physical disorders; she could chose to keep the baby or abort it.
3. Spermatogenesis is the continuous and prolific production of mature sperm cells in the testis.
4. The hypothalamus is responsible for regulating hormones.
5. FSH stimulates sperm production by the testies. LH stimulates the testes to secrete androgens such as testosterone.
6. Negative feedback regulates the male reproduction system.
7. Oogenesis is the process in the ovary that results in the production of female gametes.
8. Ovulation is the release of an egg from ovaries. In humans, an ovarian follicle releases an egg during each menstrual cycle.
9. The endometrium is the lining of the uterus that breaks down during menstruation.
10. Negative feedback assures that one follicle develops.
11. The corpis luteum is a secreting tissue in the ovary that forms from the collapsed follicle after ovulation and produces progesterone.
12. Gonads are the testes and chicks got 'nads too.