Reproduction

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The normal diploid number of human chromosomes is

46

FSH is to estrogen as estrogen is to

LH

A drug that "reminds the pituitary" to produce gonadotropins might be useful as

a fertility drug

Secondary sex characteristics are

a result of male or female sex hormones increasing in amount at puberty

What produces male sex hormones?

interstitial endocrine cells

The menstrual cycle can be divided into three continuous phases. Starting from the first day of the cycle, their consecutive order is

menstrual, proliferative, secretory

Spermatozoa are to seminiferous tubules as oocytes are to

ovarian follicles

The corpus luteum is formed at the site of

ovulation

The male homologue of the female clitoris is

the penis

The sex of a child is determined by

the sex chromosome contained in the sperm

The urethra is the more ventral of

the two orifices of the vulva

The usual site of embryo implantation is

the uterus

What will occur as a result of non-descent of the testes?

viable sperm will not be produced

The structures that draw an ovulated oocyte into the female duct system are

cilia and fimbriae


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