Estradiol Normally Found in the Bloodstream of a Female Rat

question 84

Multiple Choice

 Estradiol normally found in the bloodstream of a female rat fetus neither masculinizes nor feminizes its development because it is ____.

• A) chemically converted to testosterone
• B) bound to alpha-fetoprotein
• C) dissolved in the fat supplies of the fetus
• D) not effective on cells even if it did enter them

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Definitions:

Accessory Glands

Glands that support the functioning of primary organs, especially in the reproductive system, such as seminal vesicles and prostate gland in males, and Bartholin's glands in females.

Erectile Tissue

Spongy tissue that can fill with blood to make an organ stiff and erect, found in parts of the body such as the penis and clitoris.

Prepuce

In males, the free fold of skin that more or less completely covers the glans penis; the foreskin. In females, the external fold of the labia minora that covers the clitoris.

Glans Penis

Conical expansion of the corpus spongiosum that forms the head of the penis.