Reproductive System

Question 1

Human life cycle:

Answer 1

Mitosis, meiosis, diploid, haploid, zygote, fertilization, gametes.

Question 2

Male reproductive system:

Answer 2

testes, scrotum, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, urethra.

Question 3

Testes:

Answer 3

male gonads

Question 4

Scrotum:

Answer 4

sac that contains the paired testes

Question 5

Epididymis

Answer 5

where the sperm matures

Question 6

Vas deferens:

Answer 6

conduct and store sperm.

Question 7

Urethra

Answer 7

carries out sperm

Question 8

Sertoli cells will:

Answer 8

support and regulate spermatogenesis.

Question 9

Interstitial cells:

Answer 9

secrete the male androgens.

Question 10

Hormonal control and regulation in males:

Answer 10

FSH, LH, GnRH, testosterone, inhibin (gonadal hormone that inhibits secretion of FSH)

Question 11

Female reproductive system:

Answer 11

Ovaries, eggs, estrogen, progesterone, uterine tubes, uterus.

Question 12

What produces estrogen?

Answer 12

ovaries

Question 13

Uterine tubes extend from and conduct:

Answer 13

uterus to ovaries and eggs

Question 14

Implantation:

Answer 14

embryo embeds in the uterine lining. signals the beginning of a pregnancy.

Question 15

Uterus:

Answer 15

houses developing fetus

Question 16

Cervix:

Answer 16

contains opening to uterus

Question 17

Pap test:

Answer 17

removal of a few cells from the cervix for microscopic examination.

Question 18

Hysterectomy:

Answer 18

Surgical removal of the uterus

Question 19

Hymen

Answer 19

tissue locating at the opening of the vagina to let out menstrual blood.

Question 20

Endometrium:

Answer 20

lining of the uterus.

Question 21

Ovarian cycle:

Answer 21

1. primary follicle begins producing estrogen
2. secondary follicle produces estrogen and some progesterone.
3. vesicular follicle develops.
4. ovulation: secondary oocyte is released.
5. corpus luteum produces progesterone and some estrogen.
6. corpus luteum degenerates.

Question 22

Female hormones during the ovarian and uterine cycles:

Answer 22

FSH, LH, GnRH, progesterone, estrogen, testosterone.

Question 23

Lucteal phase:

Answer 23

LH promotes the development of corpus luteum.

Question 24

What are the levels of estrogen and progesterone during menstruation>

Answer 24

low

Question 25

What happens to estrogen levels during proliferative phase?

Answer 25

increase

Question 26

What happens to progesterone during secretory phase?

Answer 26

increase of progesterone by corpus luteum.

Question 27

How many days does the follicular phase last?

Answer 27

1-13

Question 28

What day of the ovarian cycle does ovulation occur?

Answer 28

day 14

Question 29

What days of the ovarian cycle does the lucteal phase happen?

Answer 29

days 15 to 28.

Question 30

Once a zygote is made of many cells, what is ti called?

Answer 30

embryo

Question 31

What does the placenta do?

Answer 31

sustain the developing embryo.

Question 32

Zygotes traveling down the uterine tube begins:

Answer 32

mitosis

Question 33

Which hormone maintains the uterine lining?

Answer 33

progesterone

Question 34

What do rising amounts of human chorionic gonadotropin stimulate?

Answer 34

the corpus luteum to produce increasing amounts of progesterone.

Question 35

What recieves the developing embryo?

Answer 35

the endometrium.