Urogenital System

Question 1

What is the function of the excretory system?

Answer 1

Removes waste from blood and maintains water balance

Question 2

Kidney

Answer 2

Filters blood and makes urine

Question 3

Ureter

Answer 3

Carries urine to bladder

Question 4

Bladder

Answer 4

Stores urine

Question 5

Uretha

Answer 5

Releases urine from body

Question 6

The kidneys filter all of the blood in the body every ___ minutes

Answer 6

30

Question 7

A person can live without one of their kidneys. True or false?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Define puberty

Answer 8

Stage when the body becomes capable of reproduction

Question 9

At approximately what age does puberty occur for girls?

Answer 9

8-13

Question 10

At approximately what age does puberty occur for boys?

Answer 10

9-14

Question 11

Explain how the onset of puberty begins

Answer 11

Triggered by hormones from the brain (Pituitary gland)

Question 12

What is the primary function of the male reproductive system?

Answer 12

Produce and deliver sperm

Question 13

Scrotum

Answer 13

Holds and protects testes

Question 14

Seminiferous tubules

Answer 14

Make sperm

Question 15

Epididymis

Answer 15

Stores and matures sperm

Question 16

What is the primary reproductive organ in females?

Answer 16

Ovary

Question 17

What are the primary functions of the female reproductive system?

Answer 17

Produce eggs, support pregnancy, and give birth

Question 18

A female is born with all of the eggs she will ever have. Approximately how many eggs are usually released in her lifetime?

Answer 18

400
(It is estimated that about 800,000 eggs never mature)

Question 19

Define ovulation

Answer 19

Release of an egg from an ovary

Question 20

Fallopian tubes

Answer 20

Transport egg to uterus; site of fertilization

Question 21

Uterus

Answer 21

Supports fetal development

Question 22

Placenta

Answer 22

Provides nutrients and oxygen to fetus