2.1 Gamete production Flashcards

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1
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Whats produced by fertilisation?

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The zygote, then the embryo and then the foetus

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2
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Label the male reproductive system in your head?

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Hope ya done it big boy

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3
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Where is sperm made and how is it carried?

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Made in seminiferous tubules and carried through sperm duct

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In the Seminiferous tubules where are interstitial cells and blood cells? What do Interstitial cells do? To add where are the other cells? (2)

A

Hope you thought and interstitial cells produce testosterone

Germaline cells are the little egg looking things

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5
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What does the prostate gland and seminal vesicles do? (2)

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Prostate gland adds a fluid which assists with Motility/ viscosity

Seminal vesicles add a fructose which provides energy and causes contractions

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6
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What are two requirements for spem to show motility? (2)

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The fructose (energy) and secretion of semen

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Whats the difference between sperm and semen? (2)

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Sperm comes from seminiferous tubules and is what the egg needs and semen is the fluid which comes from prostate gland and seminal vesicles

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8
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Label the female productive system?

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I do hope that you managed to do it big boy.

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9
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What do ovaries produce?

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Ova and hormones

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10
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How often is menopause?

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Every 28 days until ovum is fertilised

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11
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What surrounds ovum and produces hormone oestrogen?

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The follicle

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12
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After ovulation, the follicle develops in this structure and produces what? (2)

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The structure is the corpus luteum and produces progesterone

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13
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What’s the entire process of ovary developing an ovum from a germaline cell?

A

Yeah man!

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14
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What’s the process of the ovary producing hormone and what hormone?

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Yeah dud

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15
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Where are interstitial cells and blood cells?

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In between seminiferous tubules

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16
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What is used for energy and contracts female reproductive tract?

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Fructose from seminal vesicles

17
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How is sperm made?

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From germaline cells in the seminiferous tubules

18
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Where does sperm meet the egg?

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In the oviduct

19
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Where is testosterone found?

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In blood as that’s where interstitial cells are and they make testosterone

20
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What does testosterone do?

A

Sperm, secretions from accessory glands and sexual development

21
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In the ovary where does the ova come from?

A

It’s comes from a germaline cell

22
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What’s a germaline cell?

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Sex cells (sperm and egg) as that is what they are formed from, germaline cells

23
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What does the corpus luteum secrete?

A

Progesterone

24
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What does the follicle secrete?

A

Oestrogen

25
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What does motile mean?

A

Moving/ can move

26
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Which accessory gland secretes a liquid rich in hormone like chemicals?

A

Seminal vesicles

27
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What are the accessory glands?

A

The prostate gland and seminal vesicles

28
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What is the ovary?

A

A site for germaline cells to use meiosis for ovum production

29
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What’s the uterus?

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Where embryo/ Phoebus develop after the zygote is formed

30
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What’s the cervix?

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Links the vagina to uterus