Avian Reproductive System

Question 1

MALE

Question 2

Does the male reproductive system contain accessory glands?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Testes

Answer 3

functions to produce sperm and testosterone

Question 4

T or F: The testes do not descend in birds

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Epididymis

Answer 5

functions to increase sperm motility and fertilizing capacity

Question 6

Where is the epididymis located?

Answer 6

At the hilus of the testis

Question 7

Vas Deferens

Answer 7

Functions to store sperm maximize motility and fertilizing capacity; adds accessory fluid to the sperm.

Question 8

FEMALE

Question 9

where is the functional mature oviduct found?

Answer 9

Left side

Question 10

Ovary

Answer 10

Ova production and estrogen production.

Question 11

Follicles

Answer 11

Reproductive gametes

Question 12

What is the largest follicle named

Answer 12

F1 to F6

Question 13

Stigma Line

Answer 13

Site of ovulation

Question 14

T or F; No CH, CL, CA, Form in the bird

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What are the five parts of the Oviduct

Answer 15

Infundibulum, Magnum, Isthmus, Uterus, and Vagina

Question 16

Infundibulum

Answer 16

Catches the ova when it is ovulated, location sperm storage, and fertilization.

Question 17

Magnum

Answer 17

Secretes the albumen protein (egg white)

Question 18

Isthmus

Answer 18

The two shell membranes are deposited

Question 19

Uterus

Answer 19

Plumping, the taking up of water, occurs; eggshell and shell pigment deposited

Question 20

Vagina

Answer 20

Rotates the egg from pointed and down to round and down.

Question 21

the phases of follicular growth are

Answer 21

1. slow growth lasts months to years; this phase is little growth
2. the size of the yolk begins to increase in size from growth of yolk protein
3. rapid growth occurs 6-11 days before ovulation

Question 22

utero-vaginal juncture

Answer 22

provides a storage area for sperm after copulation until oviposition occurs

Question 23

how many days can sperm be stored in a hen?

Answer 23

42 days

Question 24

the egg is in the infundibulum for ______ hours

Answer 24

1/4

Question 25

the egg albumen takes ____ hours to cover the yolk

Answer 25

3

Question 26

the inner and outer shell membranes are put on after _____ hours

Answer 26

1 1/4

Question 27

the formation of the egg takes _____ hours

Answer 27

20 3/4

Question 28

the egg takes ____ hours to rotate from pointed end down to round end down

Answer 28

1/4

Question 29

how long after does the hen lay the egg?

Answer 29

30 minutes/ half-hour later