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Size of a pea, located on either side of urethra below prostate |
Bulbourethral (cowpers) glands |
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Bulbourethral glands secrete ____ & _____. To neutralize acid environment in urethra |
Alkaline fluid & lubricating mucus |
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Male copulatory organ that contains urethra. |
Penis |
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Erectile tissue in penis fills with what? |
Blood |
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Penis contains what chambers? |
Corpora cavernosa (z chambers), corpora spongiosum, glans penis (head) |
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Erection is a ____ reflex |
Parasympathetic |
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Release of ____ causes vasodilation |
NO |
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_____ fill w/ blood that putting pressure on veins that normally drain penis. Known as what? |
Corpora. Known as priapism |
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Ejaculation is a ____ reflex. |
Sympathetic |
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___ muscle closes to prevent urine from being expelled or sperm entering. What kind of contractions? |
Smooth/ peristaltic |
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Sperm production known as ? Takes how long? |
Spermatogenesis; 65-75 days |
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Spermarogenic cells become what? |
2N spermatogonium (mitosis) |
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Primary speematocyte undergo ___ to become secondary |
Meiosis I (1 N) |
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Secondary spermatocyte undergo ___ to form 4 spermatids |
Meiosis II (1N) |
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Joined by what? |
Cytoplasmic bridges |
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Spermatids undergo differentiation to form sperm |
Spermiogenesis |
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3 regions of sperm |
Head: nucleus and acrosome Mid piece: mitochondria for power Tail: flagellum for locomotion |
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Stimulates anterior pituitary |
Gonadotropin releasing hormone |
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Stimulates leydig cells to secrete testosterone |
Leutenizing hormone |
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Works with testosterone on Sertoli cells to control rate of spermatogenesis |
Follicle stimulating hormone |
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Stimulates spermatogenesis and secondary sexual characteristics |
Testosterone |
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Mix of sperm and seminal fluid. |
Semen |
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Mean volume, sperm count, ph |
2.5-5 ml, 20-100 million/ ml, 7.2-7.7 |
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Semen also contains antibiotic to what? |
Kill bacteria in urethra and vagina |
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Homologous to testes. Located on either side of the uterus, in pelvic cavity, covered by germinal epithelium |
Ovaries |
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Capsule of dense connective tissue |
Tunica albunae |
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Dense connective tissue containing ovarian follicles |
Ovarian cortex |
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Loose connective tissue containing blood and lymph vessels and nerves |
Ovarian medulla |
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Composed of oocytes in various stages. Surrounded by support cells. |
Ovarian follicles |
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Follicular cells are ___ layer. Grnulosa cells are ____ layer. |
Single (primordial); later multiple cells (developing) |
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Support cells secrete what? |
Nutrients for developing oocyte and estrogens |
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Releases secondary oocyte during ovulation |
Mature follicle |
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Remains of ovulated mature follicle, produces progesterone estrogens, relaxin, and inhibin |
Corpus luteum |
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Small tubes that extend from near ovaries to the uterus; function to transport secondary oocyte to uterus. |
Fallopian tubes |
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Fertilization usually occurs where |
Fallopian tubes |
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What contractions in Fallopian tubes? |
Cilia and muscular |
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End of Fallopian tubes near ovary; open to pelvic cavity; funnel like structure that guides oocyte to Fallopian tube (fimbriae) |
Infundibulum |
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Located between urinary bladder and rectum. Site of implantation, fetus development, and labor |
Uterus |
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3 parts of uterus |
Fundus, body, cervix (opens to vagina) |
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3 tissue layers of uterus |
Perimetrium: outer layer (simple squamous) Myometrium: middle, 3 layers smooth muscle Endometrium: inner, highly vascularized |
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Parts of endometrium |
Uterine glands, spiral arteries, sloughed off during menstruation |
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Passageway from cervix to outside |
Vagina |
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Vagina made of what? |
Stratified squamous epithelium, 2 layers of smooth muscle, and connective tissue |
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Ph is ___ to retard bacterial growth |
Acidic |
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Protective external structure; playa role in sexual arousal |
Vulva |
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Vulva composed of |
Labia minor and majora Clitoris (homologous to penis) |
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Production of ova |
Oogenesis |
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Before birth ovarian cells differentiate into ____ which develops into ____. |
Oogenia; primary oocytes (2N) |
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Primary oocytes enter into ____ during fetal development and stops. |
Prophase I. |
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Do not complete meiosis I until when? |
After puberty |
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Each month after puberty primary oocytes resume meiosis I and form what? |
Secondary oocyte and polar body |
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Approx ___ oocytes ovulate during reproductive period. ___ at birth. ____ at puberty. Known as what? |
400; 200,000- 2,000,000; 40,000. Known as Atresia |
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____ proceeds with meiosis II up to metaphase II. |
Secondary oocyte |
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Secondary oocytes released from ____ during ovulation |
Mature follicle |
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If fertilization does not occur what happens to secondary oocyte? |
It degenerates |
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If fertilization does occur what happens? |
Secondary oocyte resumes meiosis II forming ovum and polar body. Sperm and egg nuclei fuse and form zygote |