PSYCH 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Alpha-Fetoprotein, Sex Steroid, Prenatal Development
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Chapter 13 quiz terms: mamawawa (men-are-men-and-women-are-women) assump?on. A. the tendency to think about femaleness and maleness as discrete, mutually exclusive, opposite categories. B. are hormones that are synthesized from cholesterol, a type of fat molecule the hormones that in uence sexual development and the ac?va?on of adult sexual behavior are all steroid hormones. 3. they are small and fat soluble can readily penetrate cell membranes bind to receptors in the cytoplasm or nucleus and by doing so directly in uence gene expression. B. because most of its hormones are tropic hormones tropic hormones are hormones whose primary func?on is to in uence the release of hormones from other glands. C. is really two glands which fuse during course of embryological development: Posterior pituitary a) develops from small outgrowth of hypothalamic ?ssue. Anterior pituitary a) b) develops into the roof of the mouth releases tropic hormones. A. the part of the brain that controls the endocrine system and regulates hormones.
