reproductive vocab to know

Question 1

spermatozoa / spermatozoon

Answer 1

male gametes (sex cells)

Question 2

spermatogenesis

Answer 2

sperm production

Question 3

spermiogenesis

Answer 3

differentiation of immature male gametes into physically mature spermatozoa

Question 4

spermatogonia

Answer 4

stem cells in the seminiferous tubules that divide to produce spermatozoa during spermatogenesis

Question 5

primary spermatocyte

Answer 5

1 of 2 daughter cells that results from the division of a diploid spermatogonium during mitosis (the other daughter cell remains a stem cell)

Question 6

secondary spermatocyte

Answer 6

daughter cells produced from primary spermatocyte at the end of meiosis I (contain 23 chromosomes, each consisting of a pair of duplicate chromatids)

Question 7

spermatids

Answer 7

daughter cells produced from secondary spermatocytes at the end of meiosis II (each contains 23 chromosomes)

Question 8

oogonia

Answer 8

female stem cells