14 shorter answers to get clear on some concepts 23 sentence

14. (shorter answers- to get clear on some concepts): (2-3 sentence max, each)*

a) When a “follicle” is stimulated by FSH, what is and where is the follicle?

b) What is “luteinized” by luteinizing hormone?

c) name and briefly describe function for thyrotropin, a gonadotropin, corticotropin

d) Consider the hormone oxytocin. Describe its source, target and effects, then describe the type of control mechanism involved. Describe two stimuli for oxytocin’s release (*maybe 5-6 sentences here)321

e) Oxytocin and ADH can be accurately described as from the hypothalamus or from the pituitary. Briefly explain why either description is correct.

f) Occasionally, a woman who has not recently been pregnant is found to be producing and releasing breast milk. More rarely, a man may be doing this. This can be caused by a particular tumor which would be releasing what hormone? Describe its normal source and target.

Solution

A. follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) are called gonadotropins they stimulate the gonads - In women, stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in the ovary before the release of an egg from one follicle at ovulation. In men, FSH acts on the Sertoli cells of the testes to stimulate sperm production.

B. ovulation in females and the synthesis of androgen in males.