Exam 10: Reproductive Behavior

The ________ system contains the precursor tissue for the male internal reproductive structures.

Electrical stimulation of the ________ enhances sexual behavior in the ________.

If you were to see the developing gonads of a 6-week-old male fetus, you would see

The secretion of GNRH is controlled by the peptide ________.

Whether the undifferentiated gonads develop into testes is determined by the ________ gene.

The primary feature that distinguishes a menstrual cycle from an estrous cycle is that

Defend the proposition that "Nature's impulse is to create a female."

Research suggests that ______________ increases sexual activity and rate of orgasm for women.

In ________, one might expect to observe both male and female internal reproductive structures.

The formation of the ovaries during prenatal development is controlled by

The unique reproductive cells of males and females are termed ________.

The vomeronasal organ

After successfully mating, a male rat experiences __________ where he does not initiate sexual behavior again.

What principle is demonstrated by the findings that mechanical stimulation of the genitals elicits sex-related behaviors in animals whose spinal cord has been cut?

Development of a deep voice during puberty is an example of a(n) ________ characteristic.

According to the ________ effect, a novel female reduces the sexual refractory period in a satiated male rat.

A larger sexually dimorphic nucleus of the medial preoptic area is the result of ________________ in fetal development.

The hormone ________ controls the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

The principle that best describes an organizational effect of androgens during prenatal development that enables an animal to engage in male sexual behavior as an adult is

Describe the various effects of pheromones in the modulation of the rodent estrous cycle.