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19 Cards in this Set
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Produces gametes and sex hormones
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Clitoris (female) Glans of penis (male) |
Contains erectile tissue that stimulates sexual arousal and climax |
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Labia minora (female) body of penis (male) |
Contains erectile tissue that stimulates sexual arousal and climax |
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Labia majora (female) Scrotum (male) |
Protect and cover some reproductive structures |
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Greater vestibular gland (female) bulbourethral gland (male) |
Secretes mucin for lubrication |
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Gonads |
Female and male primary reproductive organs ovaries (female) testis (male) produce sex cells |
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Gametes |
Sex cells |
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Accessory reproductive organs |
Toward site of fertilization (females) toward outside of body (males) |
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Sexual union |
Copulation, coitus, sexual intercourse |
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Puberty |
External sex characteristics develop, gametes begin to mature, gonads start to secrete sex hormones |
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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) |
Secretes by hypothalamus and initiates puberty |
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GnRH |
Stimulates pituitary to release follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH) |
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Gametes |
Oocyte (female) Sperm (male) |
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Perineum |
Diamond shapes area between thighs |
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Gametogenesis |
Process of forming human sex cells |
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Autosomes |
Contain genes that code for cellular functions, determine most human characteristics |
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Sex chromosomes |
XX (female) XY (male) one member of chromosome pair inherited from each parent |
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Diploid cell |
23 pairs of chromosomes, 2n chromosomes |
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Haploid cell |
23 chromosomes (not pairs), chromosome number is n |
