Question

1.) Which portion of the autonomic nervous system must be most active in the genitals for vaginal lubrication to occur?

a. Parasympathetic

b. Sympathetic

c. Somatic

2.) The human clinical syndrome in which a fetus produces produce excessive amounts of androgen in the adrenal glands, due to a reduced ability to produce cortisol, which affects external genital formation and results in masculinization of the external genitalia, is known as ________________.

a. PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome)

b. CAH (congenital adrenal hyperplasia)

c. AIS (androgen insensitivity syndrome)

3.) What does estradiol do during sexual differentiation?

a. It inhibits development of the Wolffian ducts

b. It doesn’t play a role in the development of gonads or genitalia

c. It stimulates development of the Mullerian ducts

d. It stimulates development of the ovaries

e. It stimulates development of the clitor1s in female embryos

4.) Which part of the primordial gonad do the testes develop from?

a. The stroma

b. The medulla

c. The cortex

Answer 1

1. the correct option is A. parasympathetic nervous system.

parasympathetic nervous system is a part of autonomic (involuntary ) nervous system whose one of the functions is to increase glandular activity. Bartholin gland in vaginal wall releases mucus which helps in lubrication during sexual intercourse. the function of this gland is regulated by the parasympathetic nervous system. Beside this other functions like relaxation of spinchters, ldecrease in rate of heart beat and intestinal Activities are also performed by parasympathetic nervous system.

2. The correct option is b. CAH( congenital androgen hyperplasia) it is an inherited congenital disorder in which the adrenal glands are affected resulting an increased production of the androgen which produces the above symptoms.

3. not sure

4. The correct option is b.

Testis develop from the Medulla par of primordial gonad.and ovary from cortex