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Acknowledgement
I would like to thank Wiley, particularly James Watson, Anne Hunt, and D. Vincent Rajan for their editorial assistance and guidance with the publication and copyediting process, and my family for their patience and support.
Key Concepts and Terms
Chapter 1: The Adult Male
1 1. Three basic requirements for male fertility
2 2. GnRH
3 3. LH and FSH
4 4. Pulsatile release
5 5. First vs. second messengers
6 6. Leydig cells
7 7. Action of LH
8 8. Testosterone
9 9. Sertoli cells
10 10. Three main types of sex steroids
11 11. Aromatization
12 12. Conversion of testosterone into estrogen
13 13. Action of FSH
14 14. Inhibin
15 15. Sertoli cell functions
16 16. The blood-testis barrier
17 17. Spatial relationships in males vs. females
18 18. Diverse actions of testosterone
19 19. Actions of testosterone in utero
20 20. Sexual differentiation
21 21. Androgens during puberty
22 22. DHT
23 23. 5α-reductase
24 24. Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
25 25. Sperm count
26 26. Seminiferous tubules
27 27. Spermatogonia
28 28. Primary spermatocytes
29 29. Secondary spermatocytes
30 30. Alignment of maternal and paternal chromosomes; genetic diversity
31 31. Spermatids
32 32. Acrosome
33 33. Axoneme
34 34. Spermiogenesis
35 35. Gymnosperm (X) vs. androsperm (Y)
36 36. Epididymal passage and decapacitation
37 37. Prostatic secretions
38 38. Secretions of the seminal vesicle
39 39. Clotting/de-clotting of semen
40 40. Process of liquefaction
41 41. Testicular thermoregulation
42 42. Cryptorchidism
43 43. Cremaster (mechanism 1)
44 44. Sweat glands (mechanism 2)
45 45. Countercurrent heat exchange (mechanism 3)
46 46. Pampiniform plexus
47 47. Varicocele
48 48. Asymmetry in vascular anatomy
49 49. Erectile tissue
50 50. Neurovascular mechanism of erection: parasympathetic + NO
51 51. cGMP is the intracellular second messenger in penile arteries
52 52. Filling phase
53 53. Tumescent phase
54 54. PDE-5 inhibitors
55 55. Ejaculatory reflex
56 56. Emission phase
57 57. Ejaculatory phase
58 58. Other muscular events during ejaculation
59 59. Male orgasm
60 60. Male infertility
61 61. Low sperm count
62 62. Semen analysis
63 63. WHO parameters for semen analysis
64 64. Hypospadias
65 65. Erectile dysfunction (ED)
66 66. Impotence vs. infertility
Chapter 2: The Nonpregnant Adult Female
1 67. Menarche
2 68. Menstrual cycle length
3 69. Hypothalamic pulse generator encoding
4 70. Mullerian and Wolffian ducts
5 71. Germinal epithelium
6 72. Oogonia
7 73. Primary oocytes
8 74. Process of attrition
9 75. Secondary oocyte
10 76. Arrest in metaphase
11 77. Ovum
12 78. Polar body
13 79. Granulosa cell precursors
14 80. Unilaminar or primordial follicle
15 81. Primary follicle
16 82. Follicular recruitment
17 83. Zona pellucida
18 84. Secondary follicle
19 85. Liquor folliculi
20 86. Tertiary (= dominant, vesicular, mature or Graafian) follicle
21 87. Follicular phase
22 88.
