Chapters 28-29 Flashcards
(100 cards)
1) What are the functions of gonads and how do they store and transport gametes?
All of the above
2) What makes up the male reproductive system?
Not the vestibular gland
3) What is the function of the scrotum?
reglautes the temperature of the testes
4) Where are sperm produced?
in the seminiferous tubules
5) What do sertoli (sustentacular) cells do?
mediate the effects of testosterone and LH
6) Which cells develop first in producing sperm?
spermatogonium
7) What are the details of sperm production?
All of the above
8) What do testosterone and dihydrotestosterone do?
Not to bind to the different recpetors
9) What happens in the epididymis?
it is the site where sperm become capable of fertilizing an ovum
10) What happens in the ductus deferens?
it can store sperm for a month or more
11) What makes up the spermatic cord?
not dartros muscle
12) What takes place in the seminal vesicles?
produce a fluid containing fructose which is used for ATP production by sperm
13) What does the prostate gland do?
produces a fluid contaning citric acid which is used for ATP production
14) What cells are primarily involved in testicular cancer?
UNKOWN
15) What does the bulbourethral glands do?
secrete an alkaline mucous
16) What is the function of semen?
NOT protects sperm from the hostile alkaline envoronment of the male urethra nd the female vagina
17) What do the ovaries do?
they produce FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) and LH (leutenizing hormone)
18) What are the anatomical structures of the ovaries?
the ovarian follicles consists of oocytes in various stages of development
19) When is oogenesis completed?
is completed only after the secondary oocyte has been fertilized
20) What do the uterine tubes do?
transport sperm, secondary oocytes and zygotes
21) What is the function of the uterus?
Not uninvolved in labor
22) What is the anatomy of the uterus?
has a cervix that opens into the vagina
23) What is the endometrium and what does it do?
All of the above
24) What is the function of cervical mucus?
can physically prevent sperm from entering the uterus