reproductive System Flashcards
The gonads, or sex glands of the female
Ovaries
The glands of the male
Testes
Mass of tissue located in the upper part of the chest and under the sternum
Thymus
A small structure attached to the roof of the third verticle in the brain
Pineal body
A temporary endocrine gland produced during pregnancy
Placenta
To produce a new life
Reproductive system
A sac between the thighs
Scrotum
A tightly coiled tube 20 feet in length and located in the scrotum and above the testes
Epidymis
2 small pouch like tubes located behind the bladder and near the junction of the vas defers and the ejactulary ducts
Seminal vesicles
2 short tubes formed by the union of the vas deferns and the seminal vesicles
Ejactulatory
A donut shaped gland located below the urinary bladder and on either side of the uretha
Prostate gland
2 small glands located below the prostate and connected by small tubes to the uretha
Cowpers gland
The tube that extends from the urinary bladder through the penis and to the outside of the body
Uretha
The external male reproductive organ and is located in front of the scrotum
Penis
The union of the oval and a sperm to create a new life usually takes place in the fallopian tubes
Fertilization
Three layers- the third one
Endometrium
A muscular tube that connects the cervix of the uterus to the outside of the body
Vagina
Vestibular glands are 2 small glands located one each side of the vaginal opening
Barthoniles glands
The collective name for the structures that form the external female genitalia area
Vulva
2 targes folds of the fatty tissue that are covered with hair on their outer surfaces they enclose and protect the vagina
Lobia majora
