Homework answers / question archive / American Public University SCIN 132 Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology: Activity 3: Hormone Replacement Therapy Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results 1)Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)   Estrogen   Calcitonin   Which of the following statements is true?     Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: What effect will the saline injections have on the control rat's vertebral bone density?   Predict Question 2: What effect will the estrogen injections have on the estrogen-treated rat's vertebral bone density?     Predict Question 3: What effect will the calcitonin injections have on the calcitonin-treated rat's vertebral bone density?   Experiment Data:   Rat Elapsed Days Saline injections Estrogen injections Calcitonin injections T score Control 7 7 0 0 -2

American Public University SCIN 132 Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology: Activity 3: Hormone Replacement Therapy Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results 1)Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)   Estrogen   Calcitonin   Which of the following statements is true?     Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: What effect will the saline injections have on the control rat's vertebral bone density?   Predict Question 2: What effect will the estrogen injections have on the estrogen-treated rat's vertebral bone density?     Predict Question 3: What effect will the calcitonin injections have on the calcitonin-treated rat's vertebral bone density?   Experiment Data:   Rat Elapsed Days Saline injections Estrogen injections Calcitonin injections T score Control 7 7 0 0 -2

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1. Why were ovariectomized rats used in this experiment? How does the fact that the rats are ovariectomized explain their baseline T scores?

 

 

 

 

2. What effect did the administration of saline injections have on the control rat? How well did the results compare with your prediction?
3. What effect did the administration of estrogen injections have on the estrogen-treated rat? How well did the results compare with your prediction?

 

 

4. What effect did the administration of calcitonin injections have on the calcitonin-treated rat? How well did the results compare with your prediction?

 

5. What are some health risks that postmenopausal women must consider when contemplating estrogen hormone-replacement therapy?