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urinary system
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regulates many extracellular fluid variables
removes waste products from blood and eliminates them from body |
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kidneys
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regulate extracellular fluid volume, osmolarity, and pH
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gonads
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produce gametes
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duct systems
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provides passageways for these gametes
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accessory organs
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produce secretions that aid in the reproductive process
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external gentalia
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aid in the reproductive process
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calyx
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cup of a flower
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cavernosum
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like a cavern
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cervix
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neck (a constricted area)
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corporis
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body
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corticis
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bark
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didymos
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testes
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fimbria
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a fringe
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glans
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acorn
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infundibulum
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a funnel
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medulla
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the innermost part
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orificium
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an entrance or exit
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os
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an opening
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ren
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kidney
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scrotum
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bag
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seminis
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seed
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sperma
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seed
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spongio
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like a sponge
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hilum
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vessels, nerves, and ureter enter and exit kidney here
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urine passageway
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minor calyx
renal pelvis ureter renal sinus |
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kidney
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many functions, including regulation of ECF variables
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urinary bladder
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urine passageway and a temporary storage site for urine
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urethra
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urine passageway
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ovary
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secrete estrogens and progesterone, produce ova
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uterine tube
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each is a passageway for ova and sperm
usual site of fertilization |
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infundibulum
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ovum passageway
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fimbrae
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move ovum into uterine tube
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uterus
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site of development of new individual
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uterine cavity
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passageway for menstrual fluid, sperm, and fetus
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passageway for menstrual fluid, sperm, and fetus
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cervical canal
internal os external os |
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vagina
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passageway for menstrual fluid and fetus
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labia majora
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protect structures enclosed by them
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vaginal orifice
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passageway for menstrual fluid and fetus
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external urethral orifice
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urine passageway
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seminal vesicles
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secrete a component of semen
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prostate gland
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secretes a component of semen
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bulbourethral glands
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secrete a mucus-like substance that provides lubrication during intercourse
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scrotum
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regulates temperature of testes
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testes
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secrete testosterone
produce sperm |
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epididymes
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sperm passageway and site of sperm maturation and storage
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ducti deferentia
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sperm passageway
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ejaculatory ducts
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sperm passageway
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urethra
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urine and semen passageway
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external urethral orifice
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urine and semen passageway
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penis
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male organ of copulation
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