Gonadotropins include FSH and LH.

As many as twenty primary ovarian follicles may reach maturity simultaneously.

Which of the following provides the main source of energy for a newborn during its first few days?

An increase in the level of FSH at approximately day 14 causes ovulation.

The egg, or ovum, is more correctly called

Which of the following bones does not house a sinus?

Match each term with its description

The pharynx functions as a ________, whereas the larynx functions as a ________.

A function of the nasal conchae is to

Questions 21 – 23 refer to the following excerpt. “[I am] commanded to explain to the Japanese that. . . . [the United States] population has rapidly spread through the country, until it has reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean; that we have now large cities, from which, with the aid of steam vessels, we can reach Japan in eighteen or twenty days; [and] that . . . the Japan seas will soon be covered with our vessels. “Therefore, as the United States and Japan are becoming every day nearer and nearer to each other, the President desires to live in peace and friendship with your imperial majesty, but no friendship can long exist, unless Japan ceases to act toward Americans as if they were her enemies. . . . “Many of the large ships-of-war destined to visit Japan have not yet arrived in these seas, though they are hourly expected; and [the United States has], as an evidence of [its] friendly intentions . . . brought but four of the smaller ones, designing, should it become necessary, to return to Edo [Tokyo] in the ensuing spring with a much larger force.” – Commodore Matthew C. Perry to the emperor of Japan, letter, 1853   Question: The population trend described in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following domestic developments in the nineteenth century?