ILOs:

• Describe the roles of hormones in regulation of ovarian function including ovulation, formation and decline of the corpus luteum
• Describe the endometrial changes (proliferative and secretory phases) that occur throughout the menstrual cycle and correlate them with the changes in pituitary and ovarian hormones
• Understand the common clinical issues associated with problems in endocrine function

Revision

Steroid Hormones

Lecture: Reproductive Endocrinology

Lecture

• Outline the steroidogenic pathway
• Outline the different oestrogens and their production
• Outline the different androgens and their production
• Outline the production of progestins and relate to the steroidogenic pathway
• What clinical disorders affect the steroidogenic pathway? (3)
• Outline the control of ovarian release of hormones
• What is the role of the hypothalamus in control of the HPO axis
• What is the role of the pituitary in the control of the HPO axis
• What is the role of the ovaries in the control of the HPO axis?
• Outline the effects of FSH and LH in the ovary
• What are the phases seen in the ovary and the uterus in the menstrual cycle?