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Who are Margaret Sanger and Katharine McCormick?
These two women were influential in the development of the original pill.
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What are rare Mexican yams?
This food was first used to synthesize birth control pills
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What are testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone?
The Three Sex Hormones
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What is up to 99%?
The effectiveness of oral contraception.
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What is tesosterone?
The original male pill raised levels of this hormone.
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What is the comstock law?
The act passed by congress that deemed the distribution of contraceptives as a criminal offense.
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What are aldol synthesis, ozonolysis, etc.
This 14D reaction is used in the synthesis of progesterone (name any)
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What are LH and FSH?
The two hormones released form the anterior pituitary
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What is the mini-pill?
Another name for the progestone only pill
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What is blocking the cs protein? or what is ionidamine?
A mechanism that a future male birth control may use.
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What is enovid?
The first FDA approved oral contraceptive pill.
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Who is Carl Djerassi?
The man who first synthesized progesterone.
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What is the corpus luteum?
The leftover cells of the follicle that release progesterone
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What are monophasic, biphasic, and triphasic?
The three categories of combination birth control pills
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What is negative feedback?
The mechanism through which birth control functions.
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