ANSC 320 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Estrogen, Testosterone
Document Summary
The circle of life: a sequence of events that must occur. Sections of reproduction: andrology: reproductive physiology of the male, gynecology: reproductive physiology of the female, theriogenology: reproductive physiology of animals, obstetrics: pregnancy and birth. Aristotle: fetus originates from menstrual blood. Gabriele falloppio: discovers and describes then oviduct. Volcher coiter: discovers and describes the corpus luteum. Regnier de graaf: discovers and describes the antral follicle. Antonie van leewenhoek: discovers and describes spermatozoa. Lazzaro spallanzani: development of microscopic life. John hunter: discovered and described the freemartin. Jean-baptiste andre dumas: proves spermatozoa are the fertilizing agent. Macbride and ash: macbride: chromosome influences fetal sex, ash: rejected selection and hormone hypothesis. Individual sex is fixed: characteristics are3 sex-linked, 2 populations of spermatozoa. Lecture 1: determination of x and y chromosome. This is a process not a single event] Physiologically, the appropriate frequency and quantity of gnrh secretion for gonadotropin release from the anterior pituitary lobe: onset of puberty in female.
