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32 Cards in this Set
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Uterus |
Large Hollow reproductive organ that holds an embryo during the gestation and is Y shaped |
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Gestation |
Length of pregnancy |
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Fertilization |
Unity of egg and sperm to about an embryo to form |
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Urethra |
Narrow tube that connects the male and female reproductive organs to the urinary bladder |
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Reproductive system |
The organs in the body responsible for both male and female breeding and reproduction |
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Progesterone |
Hormone produced to maintain pregnancy |
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Mastectomy |
Surgical removal of the mammary glands |
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Artificial insemination (AI) |
Practice of breeding female animals through the use of Veterinary equipment rather than the traditional mating method |
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Pyometra |
Severe infection in the uterus and female intact animals that causes the uterus to fill with pus |
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Vulva |
External |
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Penis |
The male external reproductive organs used in breeding and mating |
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Testicle |
Primary reproductive organ in the male that holds sperm |
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Sperm |
Male reproductive cell developed in the testicle |
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Semen |
Fluid that transports sperm during reproduction |
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Testosterone |
Main male reproductive hormone that produces male characteristics and it's an essential for sperm production |
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Proestrus |
Stage of the heat cycle before Easter that releases the progesterone hormone prior to meeting |
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Estrus |
The time when the female animal is receptive to breeding or mating with a male |
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Mestestrus |
Stage of the heat cycle following estrus when ovulation occurs |
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Diestrus |
Stage of heat cycle when pregnancy occurs and is characterized by a functional CC is progesterone to maintain pregnancy |
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Anestrus |
Time when a female animal is not actively in the heat cycle |
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Winking |
Movement of the vulva with frequent vaginal discharge and urination |
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Artificial vagina (AV) |
Steel sleeve or tube used to collect the semen of an animal during an ejaculation process |
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Ovarian Cyst |
Small masses that develop on the ovary of an intestino animal causing eggs not to develop and sterility |
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Vent |
The external area where eggs are laid in an egg bearing animals also called the cloaca |
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Parturition |
The labor process |
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Vas Deference |
Small tube that transports sperm from the testicles to the outside of the body |
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Corpus Luteum (CL) |
Known as the yellow body of the ovary that forms to allow an ovary to increase in size as an egg develops |
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Septic |
Build up in the bacteria in the system causing toxic affect when it gets into the bloodstream |
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Cloaca |
External reproductive area where egg laying animals pass urine, feces, and eggs; also called the vent |
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Ovariohysterectomy (OHE) |
Term for a spay; surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus |
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Prolapsed uterus |
Condition when the uterus and vaginal tissue separate from the body and allows the uterus body to be passed outside the body |
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Unlateral Cryptorchid |
One retained testicle that has not descended into the scrotum |
