REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards
(32 cards)
Primary sex organ
Gonad
male (testes)
female (ovaries)
immature egg
oocyte
occurs every 28 days
ovulation
expands during pregnancy and receivs retains nourishes fertilized egg
uterus
Rupture occurs, during first intercourse
serves as the birth canal
Vagina
External of reproductive system of male
penis and scrofum
whute coat capsule that surrounds each tested
tunica albuginea
sperm forming factories
seminiferous tubules
6 meters long that hugs testes
responsible for ejaculation
epididymis
propel live sperm from storage area to urethro.
ductus deferens (vas deferens)
a man is storite but still produces testosterone and and
vasectomy
produce semen (60%) fructose, vitamin C, prostaglandis
Seminal vesicles
plays a role in activating sperm.
Prostate gland
produces lubricant
Bulbourethral Glands
PH: 7.2-7.6 - contains anti-biotic chemicals.
Semen
hangs outside the abdominal sevity and between the legs
Surotum
delivers sperm into the formate reproductive fract.
Penis
spongy erectile tissue cause of erection
External Genitalia
occurs only in the glands
meiosis
fatty area overlying the pubic symphis
mons pubis
skin folds
Labia
Inside and
outside of labia
labia minora and
labia majora
inside the labia majora
vestibule
contains erectile tissue
clitoris
