Reproductive System For Science 4

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What are the primary sex organs in men and women?

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gonads

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Gonads produce sex cells or ____ and secrete sex hormones.

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gametes

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Remaining reproductive organs are called ____.

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accessory reproductive organs

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The joint purpose of this is to produce offspring.

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reproductive system

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The reproductive role of man is to manufacture male gametes called ___ and deliver to woman's reproductive tract.

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sperm

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Woman produce female gametes called ___ or eggs.

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ova

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Primary reprouctive organs of male are ___.

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testes

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Each lobule contains one to four tightly coiled ____ ___, actual "sperm forming factories."

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seminiferous tubules

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A highly coiled tube about 20 ft long that caps the superior part of testis and runs down its posterolateral side.

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epididymis

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Runs upward from epididymis through inguinal canal into the pelvic cavity and arches over superior aspect of urinary bladder.

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Ductus deferens or vas deferens

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Tube is enclosed along with blood vessels and nerves in a connective tissue sheath

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spermatic cord

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End of ductus deferens expands as the ___ and then empties the ejaculatory duct which passes through the prostate gland

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ampulla

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Thick layers of smooth muscle create perisaltic waves that rapidly squeeze sperm forward.

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ejaculation

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Extends from the base of the urinary bladder to the tip of the penis.

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uretha

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Located at the base of the bladder, produce about 60% of the seminal fluid.

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seminal vesicles

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Single donut shaped gland about size of peach pit

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Prostate

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Tiny, pea-sized glands inferior to the prostate gland.

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Bulbourethral glands

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Milky white somewhat sticky mixture of sperm and accessory gland secretions.

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sperm

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Include scrotum and penis

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External gentilia

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Designed to to deliver sperm into female reproductive tract

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Penis

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Skin covering of penis is loose, and it folds downward to form a cuff of skin

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prepuce, or foreskin

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Spongy uretha is surrounded by three elongated areas of ____

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erectile tissue

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Helps penis serve as penetrating organ to deliver semen into females reproductive tract

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erection

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Sperm production begins during puberty and continues throughout life.

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spermatogenesis

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Process is begun by primitive stem cells called ____, found in outer edge of each tubule

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spermatogonia

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Special type of nuclear division that occurs for the most part only in the gonads

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Meiosis

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Intersitial cells are activiated by ____, which is released by anterior pituarity gland

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lutenizing hormone (LH)

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Features induced in nonreprodutive organs by sex hormones

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secondary sex characarteristics

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Primary female reproductive organs

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ovaries

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Tiny saclike structures

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ovarian follicles

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Each follicle consists of an immature egg

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oocyte

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An oocyte is surrounded by one or more layers of different cells

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follicle cells

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Mature and developing egg is ready to be ejected from ovary

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ovulation

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Ruptured follicle is transformed into different looking structure

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corpus-luteum

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Ovaries are secured to the lateral walls of pelvis

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suspensory ligaments

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Form the intial part of duct system

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uterine or fallopian tubes

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Fingerlike projections

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Fimbraie

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Hollow organ that functions to receive, retain, and nourish a fertilized egg

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uterus

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Major portion of the uterus

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body

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Superior rounded region above the entrance of uterine tubes

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fundus

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Narrow outlet which protrudes into vagina below

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cervix

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Thin walled tube 8 to 10 cm long.

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Vagina

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Distal end of vagina is partially closed by thin fold of mucosa

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hymen

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Female reproductive structures include mons pubis, labia, clitoris, urethal, vaginal orifices, and greater vestibular glands

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external gentialia

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Cyclic changes that the endometrium or mucosa of uterus goes through month after month as it responds to changes in levels of hormones.

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menstrual cycle