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15 Cards in this Set
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testes
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produce sperm and sex hormones
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epididymis
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maturation and storage of some sperm
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vas deferens
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conduct and store sperm
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seminal vesicals, cowper's gland, prostate gland
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contribute fluid to the semen
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FSH males
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stimultes spermatogenesis (meiosis)
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LH males
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stimulates secretion of testosterone by Leydig cells
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FSH females
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stimulates follicle growth and estradiol secretion
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LH females
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stimulates ovulation, ovarian follicles into corpus luteum, and secretion of estradiol and progesterone by corpus luteum
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ovulation
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day 14, follicle bursts and egg is released into the fallopian tube
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luteal stage
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LH levels rise and corpus luteum is filled with progesterone. cause uterine lining to stay in tact
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fertilization
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corpus luteum is intact, progesterone high, endometrial lining remains in tact
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no fertilization
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corpus luteum degenerates, low progesterone, lining is shed, menstration
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placenta
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combination of mother's and fetus's circulatory system
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cleavage
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rapid cell division immediatley following fertilization, cell number (not volume) increase
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smaller cells (top)
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animal pole, forms external body tissues
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