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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the function of the kidneys?
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The kidneys act as a filtration system-filters waste, produces urine
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What is the function of the adrenal glands?
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produce a large number of hormones
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What is the path of the urine?
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kidney->uterer->urinary bladder->urethra
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What is the pathway of an egg?
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ovaries>fallopian tubes (oviduct)>uterus, vaginal opening
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What is the pathway of sperm?
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testes>epidydimus>vas deferens>urethra
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What does the hypothalamus stimulate?
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GnRH
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What does GnRH stimulate?
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the pituitary gland
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What does the pituitary gland secrete?
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FSH and LH
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What hormone secreted stimulates the follicles in females?
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FSH
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What does the follicles stimulate?
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progesterone, estrogen, and corpus luteum
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What does the corpus luteum do? in females.
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stimulates the egg to be stimulated
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What hormones stimulate the uterus? in females
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progesterone and estrogen
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What does the uterus do?
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it is the uteral lining
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What does the hormones produced by the pituitary glands in males stimulate?
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testosterone
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What does birth control do?
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it will promote uteral lining-then eggs will not be produced
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