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Testes
Produce sperm and sex hormones
Epididymis
Stores sperm as they mature
Vas deferens
Conducts and stores sperm
Seminal Vesicle
Contributes fluid to semen
Urethra
Conducts sperm
Bulbourethral glands
Contribute mucoid fluid to semen
Penis
Organ of copulation
Ovary
produces eggs and sex hormones
Oviduct (fallopian tube)
conducts egg toward uterus
Uterus
Houses developing fetus
Vagina
Receives penis during copulation and serves as birth canal
Nares
commonly known as nostrils, these __ take in air to the sinuses for sensing and warming
Pharynx
Located at base of tongue, junctions passageways for food and air
Epiglottis
fold of skin helps close the trachea during swallowing
Small intestines
digestion of fooa nd absorption of nutrients occur
Large intestines
responsible for reclamation of water at the end of digestive cycle
Gall Bladder
after liver secretes biles, th mixture of bile salts and excreted wastes flows into the ___ to be stored. During digestion, the small intestines signals it to release the bile to aid digestion
Diaphragm
muscular membrane that separates the peritoneal cavity from the abdominal cavity
Spleen
Part of the immune system, the ___ filters out and destroys dead blood cells
umbilical arteries
carry nutrients from the mother's placenta to the fetus
Pancreas
responsible for production of enzymes used to digest food. These enzymes enter the small intestines through two ducts in the duodenum.
Kidneys
extracts wastes and foreign substances from the blood stream
Kidney's internal regions?
1. Outer cortex
2. Middle medulla (with renal pyramids)
3. Inner-most renal pelvis
Renal veins
carry filtered blood from kidneys to posterior vena cava
Renal arteries
carry unfiltered blood from aorta to the kidneys.
Ureter
urine filtered from the blood by the kidneys passes through these hollow tubes to be stored in the urinary bladder
Bladder
urine is stored
Trachea
supportive cartilage that ensures airway remains open. carries air directly into lungs
urogenital openings
on both male and female, openings for vagina/penis
urogenital papilla
projecting from the urogenital opening
Pharynx
posterior and slightly dorsal to the oral cavity
glottis
opening through which air passes on its way to the windpipe
Trachea
windpipe goes to the lungs
esophagus
portion of the digestive tract that leads through the neck and thorax to teh stomach
nasopharynx
leads to the nasal passages
thymus gland
T blood cells mature in this
larynx
voice box
esophagus
portion of the digestive tract that leads to the stomach
thyroid gland
secretes hormones that travel in the blood
peritoneum
consisting of epithelium supported by connective tissue
mesenteries
double-layered sheets of peritoneum project from thebody wall and support the organs
liver
disposes worn-out red blood cells, produes bile, storing glycogen, maintaing the blood glucose level, produces blood proteins
stomach
stores food and has numerous gastric glands that secrete gastric juice which digests protein.
large intestine
prepares feces for defecation at the anus
pancreas
both an exocrine and endocrine gland. secretes insulin and glucagen.
spleen
contains both red and whie blood cells; it purifies blood and disposes of worn-out red blood cells.
kidney
produce urine
Pericardial cavity
contains the heart
pleural cavity
contains lungs