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produce gametes |
primary sex organs |
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necessary for reproduction, but don't produce gametes |
secondary sex organs |
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mesonephric duct |
male reproductive tract |
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paramesonephric duct |
female reproductive tract |
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causes development of testes that secrete testosterone - |
SRY gene |
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all embryos have identical structure until |
6 weeks |
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fetus beings to shows sexual differentiation |
week 9 |
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distinctly male or female |
week 12 |
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clitoris is homologous to |
penis |
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prepuce |
foreskin |
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pathway of spermatozoa |
tesis efferent ductles epididymis ductus deferens ejaculatry duct urethra |
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contains sperm duct, blood vessels, nerves, lymphatic vessels |
spermatic cord |
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pulls scrotum close to body |
cremaster muscle |
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wrinkles scrotal sac |
dartos muscle |
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pampiniform plexus |
vein network that helps control temperature of testes |
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location in testes that produce sperm |
seminiferous tubles |
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interstitial cells in testes produce |
androgens / testosterone |
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prevents antibodies from attacking germ cells |
blood-testes barrier |
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each seminiferous tubule is lined with spermatogentic cells in various developmental stages |
true |
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provide nutrients to germ cells, waste removal, form blood-testes-barrier via tight junctions |
sustentacular cells |
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process of making sperm |
spermatogenesis |
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stems cells involved in spermatogenesis |
spermatogonia |
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location of spermatogenesis |
seminiferous tubles |
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spermatids differentiate into mature spermatozoa |
spermiogensis |
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number of spermatids produced from one primary spermatocyte |
4 |
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spermatogonia divide by ______ producing A.____ B. _____ |
mitosis A. spermatogonium remains outside BTB B. becomces primary spermatocyte |
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primary spermatocyte (n or 2n?) undergoes ____ producing secondary spermatocyte (n or 2n?) |
2n meiosis I n |
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first cell type which moves inward through BTB |
primary spermatocyte |
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secondary spermatocyte undergoes _____ producing _____ ______ (n or 2n?) |
meiosis II 4 spermatids (n) |
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spermatid matures physically into a |
spermatozoan |
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changes that occur when forming spermatozoa |
tail sprouts excess cytoplasm discarded |
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head of spermatozoa contins the ____ and ___ |
nucleus acrosome |
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tail of sperm contains 3 parts |
midpiece (mitochondira) principal piece (axoneme) endpiece (narrow tip) |
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testes produce physically mature spermatozoa that can not fertilize an oocyte (T/F) |
True |
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other parts of reproductive system (outside testes) are responsible for (4) |
functional maturation nourishment storage transport |
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sperm are moved into the epididymis via ______ in the _____ |
cilia in the efferent ductules |
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functions of epidiymis |
facilitates functional maturation of sperm monitors and adjust fluids recycles damaged spermatozoa |
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2 things needed for sperm to become motile |
energy source optimal pH |
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where to spermatozoa become capable of fertilization |
in the female reproductive tract |
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clean out the urethra before ejaculation occurs |
bulbourethral glands |
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seminal vesicles contribute _____ to semen |
fructose (sugar) |
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prostate contributes ___ to semen |
buffer |
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normal sperm count |
50-120 million/ml <25 is associated with infertility |
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2 stages of ejaculation |
emission expulsion |
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what is emission |
sperm propelled from epididymis through ducts via peristalsis into the urethra and glandular secretions are added |
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what is expulsion |
muscular contractions |
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targets sustenticular cells to promote spermatogensis and secrete ABP |
FSH |
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causes secretion of testosterone and androgens by interstitial cells |
luetinizing hormone |
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hormone produced by sustentacular cells that inhibits FSH |
inhibin |
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function of androgen binding protein |
concentrates androgens for spermatids raises testosterone levels in tubules |
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functions of testosterone |
- stimulates development of secondary male sexual characteristics -stimulates spermatogensis in seminiferous tubules -moderate inhibition of pituitary and hypothalamus |
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first few years of adolescence until the first menstrual period or first ejaculation |
puberty |
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puberty in males involves a decrease in metabolic rate (T/F) |
increase in metabolic rate and increase in appetite |
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reduced testosterone and inhibin decreases feedback inhibition on anterior pituitary - this is called |
male climacteric |
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symptoms of male climaceric |
mood changes, hot flashes, and illusions of suffocation |
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prostate starts to grow again at age 45 which sometimes leads to non cancerous enlargement of prostate or _____ |
benign prostatic hyperplasia |
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prostate cancer is often detected when it obstructs flow of urine (T/F) |
false - tends to occur on periphery and go unnoticed until they cause pain |