REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards

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Androgens, estrogens, and progesterone

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Sex hormones

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Primary Sex Organs (gonads)

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Testes and Ovaries

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Functions of the male reproductive system

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Production of sperm cells

Sustaining and transfer of the sperm cells to the female

Production of male sex hormones

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4
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primary female reproductive organs

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Ovaries

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5
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Produces sperm and lies within the scrotum

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Testes

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Functions of the female reproductive system

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Production of female sex cells (ova)

Reception of sperm cells from the male

Nurturing the development of and providing nourishment for the new individual

Production of female sex hormones

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7
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What includes the male reproductive system?

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Testes
Ducts
Epididymis
Ductus deferens
Urethra

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What is the accessory glands of the male reproductive system?

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Seminal vesicles
Prostate gland
Bulbourethral Glands

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9
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A sac containing the testes

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Scrotum

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10
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What is the two sets of muscles that kept the intrascrotal temperature?

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Dartos and Cremaster

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A smooth muscle that wrinkles the scrotal skin

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Dartos

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12
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Bands of skeletal muscle that elevate the testes

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Cremaster

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13
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Also known as “sperm factories”

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Seminiferous tubules

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14
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extends from the urinary bladder through the prostate gland to the membranous urethra

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prostatic urethra

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extends through the pelvic floor and becomes the spongy urethra, which continues through the penis

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membranous urethra

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16
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Surrounds the urethra and expands to form the glands and bulb of the penis

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corpus spongiosum

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17
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Lie on the posterior wall of the bladder.
Sperm and seminal fluid mix in the ejaculatory duct and enter the prostatic urethra during ejaculation

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Seminal Vesicles

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Doughnut-shaped gland that encircles part of the urethra inferior to the bladder
Empties into the prostatic urethra

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Prostate Gland

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Milky white, sticky mixture of sperm and accessory gland secretions

20
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Pea-sized glands inferior to the prostate

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Bulbourethral glands

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Paired organs on each side of the uterus held in place by several ligaments

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how many primary oocytes at birth?

23
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Where does the secondary oocytes arrest

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metaphase II and is ovulated

24
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release of a secondary oocyte from an ovary

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Connects the uterus (cervix) to the vestibule
Vagina
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The hymen covers the vaginal orifice
Vagina
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folds that cover the vestibule and form the prepuce
labia minora
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produce a mucous fluid
vestibular glands
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the region between the vagina and the anus
Perineum
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Modified sweat glands located in the breasts
Mammary glands
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What stimulates LH and FSH release from the anterior pituitary
GnRH
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Before puberty how many amount does Testosterone inhibit GnRH
Small amounts of testosterone
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When does testosterone does not completely suppress GnRH release
During puberty
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What phase does the uterus sheds all but the deepest part of the endometrium
Menstrual phase (day 1-5)
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What phase does the endometrium prepares for implantation of the embryo
Secretory phase (day 14-28)
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What phase does the endometrium rebuilds itself
proliferation phase (day 6-14)
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the time between the beginning and the end of the menstruation (days 1-5)
Menstrual Phase
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the discharge of blood and part of the endometrium from the uterus
Menstruation
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Why does menstruation happens?
because of a decrease in progesterone and estrogen from the previous cycle
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is the time between the end of menstruation and ovulation (days 6-14)
proliferation phase
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is the time between ovulation and the beginning of menstruation (days 14-28)
secretory phase
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What happens if fertilization does not occur?
menses begins and the corpus luteum becomes the corpus albicans
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What happens if fertilization occurs?
hCG stimulates the corpus luteum to persist
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A diagnosis of inferility would result when the sperm has...
A count of 15 million per ml semen
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