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Pathways for adrenal steroid hormone biosynthesis are shown below.  Answer the following question using Table 8A defect in which enzyme would lead to hyperaldosteronism? (enter your number choice):

Hormonal events leading to parturition are depicted in the scheme below: During gestation the high levels of placental hormone Ⓐ block contractions of the uterus.  IDENTIFY this hormone from Table 9: (enter your number choice):

Production of steroids in pregnancy by maternal-fetal-placental cooperation is shown below. Answer the following question using Table 9.IDENTIFY the steroid Ⓙ that is a product of aromatase: (enter your number choice):

(6 pts)  What is the Explanation for the condition of the Mullerian Duct Derivatives?  (Select answer from TABLE 2).  Enter number choice:

MATCH the molecule (GnRH receptor) with the Cell Type from the table below: (enter your number choice):

MATCH the molecule (inhibin) with the Cell Type from the table below : (enter your number choice):

Consider an experiment in which an XX rat pup is castrated on the day following it’s birth.  In this animal in adulthood, predict the following: Sexual behavior (enter your number choice): Pattern of gonadotropin secretions (enter your number choice): Volume of the sexually dimorphic nucleus (SDN) of the preoptic area (enter your number choice):

Use TABLE 1 to MATCH the following: cholesterol (enter your number choice):

The Two-Cell Two-Gonadotropin Hypothesis of Gonadal Steroid Synthesis is shown below.  Refer to the Figure Below and to TABLE 3 to Fill-in the following question. Steroid Ⓔ is converted to steroid Ⓕ of the steroid class Ⓗ. Steroid Ⓔ is (enter your number choice):  Steroid Ⓕ is (enter your number choice):  Steroid class Ⓗ is (enter your number choice): 

The process of digestion and its hormonal control is shown below. Use TABLE 7 below to identify N.