Reproductive

Question 1

What are the sexual organs for woemn and men?

Answer 1

Testes & Ovaries

Question 2

What are the duct systems of the male reproductive

Answer 2

1. Epididymis
2. Ductus
3. Urethra

Question 3

What are the 2 coverings of the testes

Answer 3

1. Tuncia albuginea
2. Septa

Question 4

Where is sperm made

Answer 4

Seminiferous tubule

Question 5

Where does sperm amture

Answer 5

The epididymus

Question 6

What does each lobule contain

Answer 6

1-4 seminiferous tubules

Tightly coiled and release sperm into the frist part of the duct system

Question 7

What make tersoterone

Answer 7

Leydig cells

Question 9

Function of the ductus deferens

Answer 9

Carry sperms into the ejaculatory duct

Question 10

3 parts of the urethra

Answer 10

1. Prostatic urethra- surrounds the prostate
2. Membranous urethra- space between the prostatic urethra and the pensi
3. Spongy urethra- runs the length of the penis

Question 11

Function of the seminal vesicles

Answer 11

Produce thick yellow secretions which make up 60% of nut

Question 13

Function of the prostate gland

Answer 13

Secretes milky fluid which activates the transported sperm

Which nourishes and helps transport the sperm

Question 14

Function of the bulbourethral glands

Answer 14

Produces a thick & clear mucus

Question 15

What tempature must the testes be

Answer 15

3 celius below body temp?

Retracts closer to the body

Question 16

Function of the penis

Answer 16

Deliver sperm into the vagina

Question 17

Regions of the penis

3 answers

Answer 17

1. Shaft
2. Glanis Penis (tip)
3. Prepuce (foreksin)

Question 18

How many spongy areas of the erectile tissue around the urethra

Answer 18

3

Question 19

How does an erection occur

Answer 19

When blood fills erectile tissue during sexual excitement

Question 20

What is spermatogenesis

Answer 20

Production of sperm cells

Question 21

When does sperm production begin

Answer 21

During puberty

Question 22

What occurs to the primary spermatocytes during spermatogenesis

Answer 22

Undergo meiosis (to become mature sperm)

Question 23

How many haploids (halves of DNA) does 1 sperm produce

Answer 23

4 haploid spermatids

Question 24

What are spermatocytes?

Answer 24

Unmature sperm

Question 25

How many chromosomes does 1 spermatid have?

Answer 25

23 chromosomes

Question 26

What forms when a sperm and egg unite

Answer 26

A zygote form

Question 27

What is contained in the head of the sperm

Answer 27

Contains DNA

Question 28

What are acrosomes

Answer 28

The helmet on the nuclears similar to a large lysosome

Question 29

What is the midpiece of the sperm wrapped with

Answer 29

Wrapper by ATP

Question 30

How does testosterone get produced

Answer 30

In interstitial cells during puberty activated by LH (luteinizing hormone) to produce testosterone

Question 31

Functions of testosterone

Answer 31

1. Stimulates reproductive organ development 2. Underlies sex drive 3. Causes secoundary sex characterisitcs | secoundary sex characteristics ex. deeper voice & penile growth

Question 32

What are the ovaries composed of?

Answer 32

Ovarian follicles (sac-like structures)

Question 33

What does the follicles of the ovaries contain

Answer 33

Ocoyte (immature cell) Follicular cells (surround the ocyte)

Question 34

What is a graafian (vesicular) follicle

Answer 34

Growing follicle with maturing oocyte

Question 35

What is ovulation

Answer 35

When the egg matures and the follicle ruptires | Occurs about every 28 days

Question 36

What is the corpus luteum

Answer 36

Transformed ruptured follicle

Question 37

What are the 2 ovulation cycles

Answer 37

1. Preovulation 2. Post Ovulation

Question 38

What occurs in the ovulation cycles to the Uterine | 3 answers ( period in days (1-5), (6-14), & (14-28) )

Answer 38

1. Period 1-5 2. Proliferation 6-14 POST OVULATION OCCURS 3. Secretory 14-28

Question 39

What occurs in the ovulations cycles to teh Ovarian | 2 answers

Answer 39

1. Follicular Phase POST OVULATION OCCURS 2. Luteal Phase

Question 40

What does the Corpus Luteum secrete

Answer 40

Estrogen & Progesterone | (Progesterone holds the most value when maintaining pregnancy)

Question 41

Where does the egg and sperm meet

Answer 41

Egg & sperm meet in the fallopian tube

Question 42

What does the corpus luteum become at the end of the luteal phase

Answer 42

The corpus albean