[PSY BEH 118D] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (16 pages long!)

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 118D
• Professor: Joanne Zinger

Document Summary

3 structures, hypo, pituitary, and gonads function together to in uence sexual functions (menstrual cycle, pregnancy, etc. ) Fsh affect functioning of testes, controls sperm prod. Levels of lh regulated by hormone gnrh secreted by hypo. Inhibin hormone in testes regulates fsh levels in neg. feedback loop. This means sperm prod in turn is inhibited. Oxytocin stimulates ejection of milk and contractions during birth. Genetic male has extra x - testes are small, no sperm prod, testosterone levels low. 7th week after conception, sex chromosomes direct gonads to begin sex differentiation. Sry - gene located on y chromo directs diff. of gonads. Causes substance tdf, which makes gonads into testes in males. After ovaries and testes diff. , prod. diff. sex hormones. Wolf an ducts degenerate in females, mullerian turns into fallopian tubes, etc. Mullerian ducts degenerate in males, wolf an ducts supported by testosterone turn into male sex stuff. By 12 weeks after conception, gender of fetus is clear from genitals.