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18 Cards in this Set
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Seminiferous Tubules
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where sperm is formed
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Sertoli Cells
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Nourish and protect developing sperm
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Leydig Cells
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Surround seminiferous tubules and produce testosterone and other androgens
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Prostate Gland
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Contributes anticoagulant and citrate, a nutrient for sperm
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Bulborethral Gland
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Secretions from here neutralize the pH in urethra
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Polar Body
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Due to unequal cytokinesis, this nucleus does not receive any cytoplasm after meitotic division occurs
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LH
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Spikes in this trigger ovulation in response to estrogen feeding back on the hypothalamus
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Progesterone
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Maintains endometrium
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Corpus Luteum
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Secretes progesterone and estradiol
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FSH
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stimulates follicles to grow
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)
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maintains the corpus luteum and endometrium
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Cell Division
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Produce more cells by mitosis
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Morphogenesis
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cells rearrange in the developing embryo
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Differentiation
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The cells specialize into different tissues
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Blastula
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a hollow ball of cells
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Gastrulation
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Cells on one end of the blastula migrate into the center to begin forming the digestive system
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Gastrula
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Organogenesis
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Organ formation in which cells within the 3 embryonic layers differentiate to form the tissues and migrate to take up their positions in the newly forming organs
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