ANAPHY FINALS REPRODUCTIVE Flashcards
categories based on anatomy, chromosomes, or hormones
Sex
indicates who a person knows themselves to be
Gender (gender identity)
characteristics an individual displays to the world
Gender expression
describes whom an individual is sexually attracted to
Sexual orientation
is assigned at birth by a medical team
• Based on external genitalia
Sex
Development and functioning of external and internal genitalia based on ________
• Requires hormones and presence of the hormone’s receptors to occur
hormonal signaling
All _____ present in human body
• Differ in amounts of hormones produced (SEX AND GENDER)
reproductive hormones
Present in all individuals
Breast
Breasts Increase in size due to presence of
estrogens
modified sweat glands that secrete milk
Mammary glands
• Clustered together in alveoli
Mammary glands
Alveoli connect to ____ that
connect to lactiferous ducts
lactiferous sinuses
____ allow milk to exit via nipple at surface
Lactiferous ducts
collective term for biological female external genitalia
Vulva
fat pad that covers and protects pubic symphysis
Mons pubis
larger, hair-covered, more external folds of skin
Labia majora
inner, hairless folds of skin
Labia minora
biological female equivalent of penis
▪ Contains nerves for sexual sensation and orgasm
Clitoris
Paired biological female gonads located in pelvic cavity
Ovaries
Ovaries produce
oocytes (eggs)
Ovaries are held in place by (4)
mesovarium, broad ligament, suspensory ligament, and ovarian ligament
Ovaries are covered by (2)
Covered by ovarian surface epithelium and tunica albuginea
It contains ovarian follicles
Superficial ovarian cortex
______ contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and nerves
Deeper ovarian medulla
Sperm pathway
Seminiferous tubules
Epididymis
Vas Deferens
Ejaculatory Ducts
None
Urethra
Penis
Pathway of oocyte
Ovary
Fallopian Tubes
Uterine cavity
Fertilization
Implantation
Production of haploid sperm gamete cells through mitosis then meiosis
Spermatogenesis
• The maturation and differentiation to produce functional sperm
• Last stage of spermatogenesis, in which spermatids develop into sperm
Spermiogenesis
