Module 5: Section 27.14-27.16(questions and answers)

Module 5: Section 27.14-27.16
Correctly match the following: Menarche. - answer the first menstrual period

__________ stimulates the anterior pituitary to release follicle-stimulating hormone
(FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). - answer Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Which of the following is not an effect of estrogen? - answer Stimulates granulosa cells
to release estrogens

What hormone is responsible for the secondary sex characteristics found in women? -
answer Estrogen

Correctly match the following: Myometrium. - answer smooth muscle of uterus

Correctly match the hormone with the gland or cell that secretes it: LH. - answer
Anterior pituitary

The uterine layer shed with each monthly cycle is the __________. - answer functional
layer of endometrium

Match the reproductive hormone with the correct characteristic: FSH. - answer
Stimulates granulosa cells to release estrogens

Select the layer of the uterus that is shed during menstruation. - answer functional layer
of endometrium

Female libido seems to be driven by both ___________ and DHEA (an androgen
produced by the adrenal cortex). - answer estrogens

__________ is a sexually transmitted infection that is associated with cervical cancer. -
answer Human papillomavirus (HPV)

The functional layer of the endometrium is shed in response to __________. - answer
decreased ovarian hormones

Correctly match the hormone with the gland or cell that secretes it: Progesterone. -
answer Corpus luteum

During the ovarian cycle, FSH exerts its main effects on the granulosa cells of vesicular
follicles, causing them to release __________. - answer estrogens

Within the ovary, progesterone is produced by the __________. - answer corpus luteum

Correctly match the following: Progesterone. - answer Promotes the secretory phase of
the uterine cycle