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43 Cards in this Set
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The penis and vagina are examples of XXXXXXX sex characteristics.
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Primary
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Facial hair, distribution of fat, breast size are examples of XXXXXXX sex characteristics.
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Secondary
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Where are eggs produced in females?
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Ovary
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Eggs move from the ovary to the uterus through the XXXXX.
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Oviduct
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A fertilized ovum implants on the inside wall (endometrium) of the XXXXXXX.
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Uterus
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What is the term used to define an opening in the uterus?
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Cervix
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At birth, the fetus passes through the cervix, through the XXXXXXXX, and out the body.
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Vagina
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Each testes conisists of XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX for the production of sperm, and XXXXXXX XXXXXXX which produce male sex hormones.
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Seminiferous Tubules/Interstitial Cells
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What is the term used to define a sac were testes are contained?
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Scrotum
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Were are mature sperm stored?
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Epididymous
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What is the site of transfer of sperm from one epididymous to the urethra?
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Vas Deferens
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What gland secretes fructose and prostoglandins during ejaculation?
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Seminal Vesicles
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What is the term used to define a gland that secretes milky alkaline fluid into the urethra and serves to neutralize the acidity of urine that may still be in the urethra, as well as the acidity in the vagina?
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Prostate Gland
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What is the term used to define a gland that secretes small amounts of unknown substances into the urethra?
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Cowpers Gland
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How many chromosomes are within a human sperm head?
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23
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What is the function of the acrosome found on the tip of the sperm head?
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The acrosome is a lysozome that contains enzymes which are used to penetrate the egg.
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Oogenesis begins during XXXXXXXX XXXXX.
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Embryonic Development
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Fetal cells called oogonia divide by mitosis to produce XXXXXXX XXXXXXX.
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Primary Oocytes
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XXXXXXXXX marks the release of the secondary oocyte from the follicle.
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Ovulation
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When does spermatogenesis occur in humans?
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At Puberty
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XXXXXX XXXXX in the seminferous tubules provide nourishment to the spermatids as they differentiate into mature sperm
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Setoli Cells
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GnRH is released by the XXXXXXXXX.
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Hypothalamus
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The GnRH hormone stimulates the anterior pituitary to release two hormones, what are those hormones called? What are the targets of these hormones?
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FSH & LH/ Corpus Luteum, and Follicle
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The Follicle release the hormone XXXXXXXXX which stimulates XXXXXXXX development.
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Estrogen/Endometrium
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The Corpus Luteum release the hormone XXXXXXXXX which stimulates XXXXXXXX development.
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Progesterone/Endometrium
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If implantation occurs, the implanted embryo secretes XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX hormone.
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Human Chorionic
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What are the three phases of the ovarian cycle?
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1. Follicular Phase
2. Ovulation 3. Luteal Phase |
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What is the term used to define rapid cell divisions without cell growth?
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Cleavage
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What is the term used to define the upper pole of an embryo?
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Animal
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What is the term used to define the lower pole of an embryo?
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Vegetal
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What is the term used to define a cleavage that produces blastomeres that if seperated can individually complete normal development?
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Indeterminate Cleavage
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What is the term used to define a solid ball of cells in embryonic development?
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Morula
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What is the term used to define a hollow sphere of cells in embryonic development?
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Blastula
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What is the term used to define the formation of three embryonic germ layers?
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Gastrula
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What is the term used to define an embryonic membrane specialized for gas exchange?
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Chorion
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What is the term used to define a blend of maternal and embryonic tissues accross which gases nutrients, and wastes are exchanged?
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Placenta
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What is the term used to define an embryonic membrane that stores wastes, or transports wastes?
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Allantois
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What is the term used to define an embryonic membrane that cushions the embryo?
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Amnion
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What is the term used to define an embryonic membrane that digests yolk?
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Yolk Sac
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What is the term used to define the development of organs?
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Organogenesis
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The XXXXXXX XXXXX cells form various tissues, including teeth, bones, and muscles, pigments cells, etc.
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Neural Crest
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When gastrulation begins, invagination occurs along a line called the XXXXXX XXXXXXX in birds.
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Primitive Streak
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In humans the blastula stage called the bastocyst, consists of two parts and outer ring of cells called the XXXXXXXXX, and an inner mass of cells called the XXXXXX XXXXXX.
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Trophoblast/Embryonic Disc
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