Chapter 9/MCQ/Answer Scheme
Chapter 9/MCQ/Answer Scheme
Chapter 9/MCQ/Answer Scheme
1. During the menstrual cycle, what is the main source of progesterone in females?
a. Adrenal cortex
b. Anterior pituitary
c. Corpus luteum
d. Developing follicle
7. During human gestation, organogenesis occurs during the first trimester. What is the
significance of this fact?
a. It allows for early detection of genetic disorders
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Choose the term from the list below that best fits each of the following descriptions. Each term may
be used once, more than once, or not at all.
A) Luteinizing hormone
B) Follicle stimulating hormone
C) Progesterone
D) Human chorionic gonadotropin
E) Gonadotropin releasing hormone
8. Embryonic hormone that maintains progesterone and estrogen secretion by the corpus
luteum through the first trimester of pregnancy. ____D_________
10. Hormone produced by the corpus luteum when stimulated by LH. _____C_______
For the following questions, choose the term from the list below that best fits each description or
statement.
A) Human chorionic gonadotropin
B) Testosterone
C) Oxytocin
D) Prolactin
E) Progesterone
15. Initiates the growth of the placenta and enlargement of the uterus. ______E______
16. High concentration of this hormone inhibits secretion of LH from the pituitary. ___E_____
17. Required so that the corpus luteum can function through the first and part of the second
trimesters of pregnancy. ______A_______
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18. What would happen if a woman in the later stages of pregnancy were given a combination
of estrogen and oxytocin?
19. Which of these statements explains the primary mechanism by which birth control pills
work?
a. They stop the release of GnRH, FSH and LH
b. They cause a woman’s cervical mucus to change and block sperm from entering the
uterus
c. They cause spontaneous abortions
d. They block progesterone, thus pregnancy cannot be maintained
e. They prevent uterine implantation by thinning the endometrium
20. Human fertility drugs increase the chances of multiple births, probably because they
a. Enhance implantation
b. Stimulate follicle development
c. Mimic progesterone
d. Stimulate spermatogenesis
e. Prevent parturition
27. If an egg cell contained EDTA, a chemical that binds calcium and magnesium, wat effect
would this have on reproduction?
a. The acrosomal reaction would be blocked
b. The fusion of sperm and egg nuclei would be blocked
c. The fast block to polyspermy would not occur
d. The fertilization envelope would not be formed
e. The zygote would not contain maternal and paternal chromosomes
28. Arrange the following stages of fertilization and early development into a proper sequence.
I. Onset of new DNA synthesis
II. Cortical reaction
III. First cell division
IV. Acrosomal reaction; plasma membrane depolarization
V. Fusion of egg and sperm nuclei complete
a. III, V, I, IV, II
b. V, I, IV, II, III
c. I, II, II, IV, V
d. V, III, I, II, IV
e. IV, II, V I, III
30. Which part of the sperm first contacts the egg plasma membrane?
a. The vitelline layer
b. The cortical granules
c. The acrosomal membrane
d. The actin protein
e. The tail
34. What are the common features in gametes, spores and all the gametophyte generation?
a. They are all diploid
b. They are all haploid
c. They are all limited to vascular plants
d. They have nothing in common
35. Which of the following undergoes meiosis in the development of pollen grains?
a. Microspore
b. Megaspore
c. Megaspore mother cell
d. Microspore mother cell
36. How many nuclei are present in the embryo sac before fertilization?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
c. Style
d. Anther
45. Where in the female reproductive system does fertilization in mammals occur?
a. Uterus
b. Vagina
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c. Oviduct
d. Cervix
47. What is the process that describes the maturation of sperm in the female reproductive tract
before it can compete in fertilization?
a. The acrosome reaction
b. Capacitation
c. Spermatogenesis
d. Fusion of sperm nucleus with egg plasma membrane
48. What causes the degeneration of the corpus luteum and its spontaneous abortion?
a. Low level of estrogen
b. High level of estrogen
c. Low level of progesterone
d. Lack of HCG
49. At what stage of the zygote does implantation occur in human pregnancy?
a. Zygote
b. Early cleavage
c. Blastocyst
d. Morula
52. What effect would surgical removal of the seminal vesicles have on human male reproductive
system?
a. It would cause sterility because sperm would not be produced
b. It would cause sterility because sperm would not be able to exit the body
c. The would be a minimal loss in semen volume
d. Semen would not contain energy-providing nutrients for the sperm
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53. In humans, the egg is released from the ovary and enters the oviduct. How is this
accomplished?
a. The force of the follicular ejection propels the egg into the oviduct
b. The egg is drawn into the oviduct by the action of beating cilia located in the opening
of the oviduct
c. The egg moves through a small tube that connects the ovary and the oviduct
d. The egg propels itself into the oviduct by the beating action of its flagellum
e. Peristalsis of ovarian muscles moves the egg into the oviduct
54. The diploid chromosome number for human is 46. How many chromatids will there be in a
secondary spermatocyte?
a. 23
b. 46
c. 69
d. 92
58. In which of the following ways are mature sperm and ova similar?
a. They both have the same number of chromosomes
b. They are approximately the same size
c. They each have a flagellum that provides motility
d. They are produced from puberty until death
e. They are formed before birth
63. If the release of LH were inhibited in a human female, which of the following events would
not occur?
a. Release of FSH from the pituitary
b. Maturation of a primary follicle and oocyte
c. Ovulation of a secondary oocyte
d. Release of GnRH from the hypothalamus
e. Production of estrogen by the follicle cells