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19 Cards in this Set
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Clitoris |
Only organ with pleasure as its function homologous to penis; has 2 corpora cavernosa |
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Introitus |
the vaginal entrance |
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Bartholin glands |
no significant function inside inner lips |
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Female Genital Cutting |
-Clitoridectomy (Type 1): remove clitoral head/ sometimes glands -Excision (Type 2): complete removal of clitoral glan and inner lips -Infibulation (Type 3)(pharaonic circumcision): clitoris, inner lips and part of outer lips removed; outer lip edges stichted to close vagina |
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Labiaplasty |
Trimming of inner lips; genital plastic surgery |
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Fallopian Tubes |
where fertilization happens -- infundibulum |
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Skene's glans |
Female prostate front wall of vagina between the vagina and urethra; sexually sensitive |
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Breasts |
mammary gland -->Breast lobule produces milk --> lactiferous duct -->lactiferous sinus --> nipple areola is around nipple |
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Penis |
Glans (urethral opening)--> corona (most sensitive with frenulum) --> shaft |
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Spongy tissue of penis |
Corpus spongiosum -- lower side of penis, where urethra runs through and enlarges corpora cavernosa -- Run the length of the top of penis, there are 2 where blood flows through during erections |
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phimosis |
thick, tight foreskin of penis, usually gets removed |
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scrotum |
Pouch of skin that contains the testes. Sensitive to temperature; can raise closer to body to keep sperm close to body temp for production |
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Testes |
Glans in the scrotum manufacture sperm (spermatogenesis) and sex hormones (testosterone -seminiferous tubes make sperm -interstitial cells make testosterone |
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epididymis |
on edge of testes; highly coiled, where sperm mature; waiting place until ejactulation |
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vas deferens |
tube where sperm passes from testes and epididymis out of scrotum and to the urethra |
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seminal vessicles |
saclike structure; above prostate; produces 60% seminal fluid during ejaculation for sperm motility |
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cowper's glans |
releases fluid into the urethra to lower urethra acidity; "pre-cum" |
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prostate |
located below the bladder, secretes 40% of ejaculation fluid and mixes with the sperm |
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Parts of the sperm |
-acrosome: tip, secretes hyaluronidase to dissolve protective part of egg -head and nucleus with chromosomes -midpiece: contains mitochondria for E for movement -tail: for motility |
