Biology - Infertility

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What is infertility?
Inability to get pregnant
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ART can be used to help increase chance of pregnancy. What does ART stand for?
Assisted Productive technology
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Fertility drugs contain __ hormone
reproductive
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Some woman have low levels to hormones needed to mture and release egg. What hormones are these?
FSH and LH
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What is clomifene therapy (example of fertility drugs) good for?
for woman who don't ovulate
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What hormones does clomifene increase?
FSH and LH concentration
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What will mature the egg?
FSH
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What triggers ovulation?
LH
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Advantages: it helps pregnancy occur. Disadvantages?
Needs multiple treatments. Doesn't always work
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IVF is a process where egg is fertilised with sperm ___ body
outside
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It stands for __ __ fertilisation
In Vitro - which means 'in glass'
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Eggs are released and collected in a ___
petri dish
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__ then collected from man and combined with eggs, allowing fertilisation to occur
sperm
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fertilised eggs develop into ___ (tiny ball of cells)
embryos
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One/two of embryos the inserted into ___
uterus
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It will implant where? and continuing developing
uterus lining
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Disadvantages?
Expensive, low success rate, emotionally/physically stressful, can lead to high risks multiple births
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ART can be used to help increase chance of pregnancy. What does ART stand for?

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