Excretory, Reproductive & Nervous Systems Flashcards
(19 cards)
Renal pyramids make up the ______ region of the kidney. Nephrons span over the ____ and _____ regions of the kidney.
medulla, cortex and medulla
What is the vessel through which blood enters the kidney?
Renal artery
What is the vessel through which blood exits the kidney?
renal vein
What is a cup-shaped sack around the capillaries of the glomerulus, part of the nephron?
Bowman’s capsule
What is the membrane lined internal part of the kidney that funnels wastes from collecting tubes?
Renal pelvis
What carries wastes from kidneys to the urinary bladder?
ureters
What are bags which hold wastes from kidneys?
urinary bladder
What is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to exit the body?
Urethra
What are the female gonads where eggs are produced?
ovaries
Where do eggs move to after being released for fertilization?
aka where may fertilization occur?
oviduct/uterine tube/fallopian tube
If the egg is fertilized, it implants in the
uterus in humans, horn of the uterus in pigs
If the egg is not fertilized, it moves through an opening in the muscular , into the structure called , and then exits the body?
cervix, vagina
Nerve impulses are carried into the nerve cell body by _______. Nerve impulses are carried away from the cell body by _____.
dendrites, an axon
What is the nerve pathway: stimulus > sensory neuron > spinal cord > motor neuron > muscle called?
reflex arc
Male gonad that produces sperm
testis
tubes that carry sperm away from the epididmysis
Ductus deferns
site wher sperm mature
epididymis
One pair of glands that add fructose to semen
seminal vesicle
What adds DNA-stabilzing zinc to semen, enlargement commona fter 40?
prostate
