Test 2 – Answer Key
Spring 2012
Version A:
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A
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
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B
B
D
A
D
B
E
D
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B
C
C
D
B
A
C
B
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B
E
D
A
B
E
B
D
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D
B
D
D
D
C
D
C
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D
D
C
B
D
D
Short Answer:
1A. What is the most prevalent androgen found in women? (1 point)
Androstenedione (+1)
1B. What is the primary source of this hormone, i.e., what specific endocrine gland produces
most of it? (1 point)
Adrenal cortex (+1) – no credit for just “adrenal” or “adrenal gland”
1C. What tropic hormone controls its production and release? (1 point)
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone – ACTH (+1)
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2A. What is thelarche? (1 point)
Budding of the breasts/beginning of breast development/beginning of breast enlargement
(+1)
2B. What 2 hormones are involved in stimulating thelarche? (2 points)
1. estrogen/estradiol (+1)
2. prolactin (+1)
3A.
What are the 4 functions of LH across the monthly cycle? (order in which the functions
are listed does not matter, 4 points)
1. stimulate estrogen/estradiol production by ovarian follicle/follicle/Graafian follicle (+1)
(may be combined with #4)
2. stimulate ovulation/work with FSH to stimulate ovulation (+1)
3. stimulate formation of the corpus luteum (+1)
4. stimulate estrogen/estradiol production by the corpus luteum (+1)
3B. Where is LH produced? (1 point)
Anterior pituitary/Adenohypophysis (+1) pituitary alone gets no credit
3C. What releasing hormone is involved in the control of LH production and release? (1 point)
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone/ GnRH (+1)
3D. What role, if any, does inhibin play in the production and release of LH? If inhibin plays no
role in this, write “none.” (1 point)
None (+1)
3E. At what point of the monthly cycle is LH at its highest level? (1 point)
At time of ovulation/on day of ovulation/ at ovulation (+1)