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Place these stages of the ovarian cycle in the correct order.       1) Corpus albicans       2) Vesicular (tertiary) follicle       3) Primary follicle       4) Ruptured follicle       5) Primordial follicle       6) Secondary follicle       7) Corpus luteum       8) Corpus hemorrhagicum 

A man has been told that he is NOT synthesizing enough follicle-stimulating hormone, and for this reason he may be unable to father a child. Why?

You then swallow the bolus in your mouth, or since you took Dr. T’s class, swallowing is referred to as .  Oh man, you can feel myself getting smarter with every class!  The first phase of swallowing, called phase requires conscious control.  That’s so cool!  In the next phase, the phase of swallowing, the closes off the nasopharynx, closes off the trachea, and occurs, which are muscular contractions that propel the bolus down your esophagus.  The bolus then enters the stomach and begins the phase of gastric secretions where gastric juices are released to aid in digestion utilizing your three stomach muscle layers: , , and . Holy cow!  You can’t believe you finished the burger in 20 minutes!   

The initial stimulus for labor comes from the:

Which of the following will occur soon after ovulation?

Part II: Once the oocyte is released, the ruptured follicle and the remaining cells form the and enter the phase of this cycle.  This formed structure then releases primarily the hormone to maintain the layer of the uterus.  This is called the phase of the uterine cycle.  If fertilization doesn’t occur, the layer in her uterus is shed during the phase of the uterine cycle and then the cycle repeats itself.  With all these hormones going up and down every month, it’s no wonder you may think she is nuts.  I applaud you for being patient with her and please remember to practice safe sex with appropriate birth control, such as .  You’re a good man! Dr. Abby 

A urine test reveals a positive result for hCG. This indicates that ultimately _____ was successful.

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate terminology, hormone, anatomical feature, and/or function in the space provided. Make sure your choice of words fits into the paragraphs and number your responses. (0.5 pt. each blank). Dear Dr. Abby, My 20-year-old girlfriend is so cray cray!  When it’s that time of month, she gets moody, hungry, and is so unpleasant to be around.  I grew up in a household with three other brothers.  We never had to deal with this craziness!  I really don’t understand females, let alone their crazy cycles.  Can you please help?!?! From #sogladimaguy Hi #sogladimaguy.  You should thank your lucky stars you are a male!  Women go through a lot and I’m happy you want to be educated about how a women’s body functions rather than running away from the craziness.  Because you are a good man, I’m going to simplify it a bit for you, but you may want to take a seat.  Ok, so women have what you call a (n) cycle where her follicles are structurally changing in her gonads.  We start with the phase of this cycle from day 1 until about day 14 (in an average 28-day cycle) when we see a surge in the hormones and a little in which is released from the (be specific) due to the high levels of the female hormone .  This then stimulates the follicle to release a oocyte which is in meiotic arrest at (specific phase). 

Bile salts bind at their hydrophobic regions to large fat globules within the chyme. The role of bile salts is to break up the fat globules into smaller fat droplets which is best described as ________.