Urinary/Reproductive Systems

Question 1

The urinary system consists of :

Answer 1

2 kidneys
2 ureters
1 urinary bladder
1 urethra.

Question 2

The _______ filter the blood of toxins and transforms waste into urine.

Answer 2

KIDNEYS

Question 3

The _____ are tubes that transport urine to the BLADDER.

Answer 3

Ureters.

Question 4

Where urine is stored before urination through the urethra, to the outside.

Answer 4

URINARY BLADDER.

Question 5

The FUNCTIONAL units of the kidney are the

Answer 5

NEPHRONS

Question 6

THE ________ filter waste material OUT OF THE BLOOD brought to the kidney by the RENAL artery.

Answer 6

NEPHRONS

Question 7

The waste filtration occurs through the GLOMERULUS in _______ capsule of the nephroN under the force of ______ pressure.

Answer 7

BOWMAN’S
Blood

Question 8

Urinary system:

Components needed by the body such as water, glucose, and ions leave the NEPHRON by ________ and REENTER THE BLOOD.

Answer 8

DIFFUSION

Question 9

Water is reabsorbed at the ______ of the nephron.

Answer 9

TUBULES

Question 10

THE FINAL PRODUCT PRODUCED BY MILLIONS OF NEPHRONS PER KIDNEY IS

Answer 10

URINE.

Question 11

the male and female sex organs have 2 functions:

Answer 11

Production of gametes (sex cells)
And
Production of hORMONES.

Question 12

MALE AND FEMALE SEX ORGAN FUNCTIONS are under the control of TROPIC HORMONES from the ________ gland.

Answer 12

Anterior PITUITARY

Question 13

Reprodcutive activity is ____ in women but ______ in men.

Answer 13

Cyclic in women
Continuous in men.

Question 14

The gamets are formed by mitosis/meiosis?

Answer 14

Meiosis.

Question 15

In men, SPERMATOZOA develop within the ____________ tubules of EACH TESTIES.

Answer 15

SEMINIFEROUS

Question 16

WHAT PRODUCES TESTOSTERONE in men?

Answer 16

The interstitial cells BETWEEN the seminiferous tubules.

Question 17

Testosterone influences sperm cell development and also produces the male SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS:

Answer 17

BODY HAIR AND DEEP VOICE.

Question 18

Once produces, the sperm are matured and stored in the _____ of EACH TESTIS.

Answer 18

EPIDIDYMIS

Question 19

DURING EJACULATION the pathway for the sperm includes.

Answer 19

Vas deferens
Ejaculatory duct
Urethra.

Question 20

The TRANSPORT MEDIUM for sperm is called

Answer 20

Semen.

Question 21

Testicular activity is under the control of 2. Anterior _______ hormones

Answer 21

Pituitary

Question 22

______ regulates sperm production

Answer 22

FSH- follicle stimulating hormone

Question 23

Stimulates the interstitial cells to produce testosterone.

Answer 23

INSTERTITIAL CELL=STIMULATING HORMONE (ICSH) OR LH (liutinizing hormone)

Question 24

In women, each month under the influence of _______, several eggs ripen within the ovarian follicles in the ovary.

Answer 24

FSH- Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Question 25

The ______ produced by the FOLLICLE initiates the preparation of the endometrium of the UTERUS for PREGNANCY

Answer 25

ESTROGEN

Question 26

The _____ _____ secretes the hormones ______ and estrogen which further stimulates development of the endometrium.

Answer 26

Corpus luteum PROGESTERONE

Question 27

After ovulation the egg is swept into the

Answer 27

Oviduct or fallopian tube.

Question 28

Fertilization occurs while the egg is in the

Answer 28

Fallopian tube.

Question 29

In the uterus the developing embrio is nourished by the

Answer 29

Placenta

Question 30

In the uterus the developing embrio is nourished by the

Answer 30

PLACENTA

Question 31

DURING PREGNANCY, HORMONES FROM THE PLACENTA MAINTAIN THE__________ AND PREPARE THE BREAST FOR MILK PRODUCTION

Answer 31

ENDOMETRIUM

Question 32

______ hormone stimulates ovulation and converts follicle to corpus luteum

Answer 32

LH