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ch 12 - male reproductive Flashcards

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Acro

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top, extreme point, extremities

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Auto

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self

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Epi

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on

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Heter/o

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different

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Hom/o

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the same

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Bulb/o

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bulbous (bulb-like) in appearance

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Capacitas

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capable of

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Chrom/o

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color

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Didym/o

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twin

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Dipl/o

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double

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Defer/o

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to carry away

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Ductus

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to lead

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E(i)acul/o

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to shoot out

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Fer/o

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to carry (seminiferous)

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Flagell/o

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whip-like

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Gamete

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husband or wife

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Genit/o

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reproduction

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Hapl/o

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simple, single

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Inguin/o

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groin

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Orchid/o, orchi/o

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testes

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Osche/o

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scrotum

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Perine/o

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perineum

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Phain/o

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to display (phenotype)

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Prostat/o

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prostate gland

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Scrot/o

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scrotum

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Semin/o

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seed (semen)

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Soma

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body

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Sperm/o

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sperm

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Ster/o

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solid structure (testosterone)

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Vas

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vessel, vas deferens

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Zyg/o

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union, pair, yoke, tied together

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-ate, ation

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act of (ejaculate)

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-ia

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condition

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-ectomy

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surgically remove

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-lysis

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to break apart

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-oid

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resembles

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-one

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hormone

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-typos

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model

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-um

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structure, tissue, thing

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Acrosome

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an organelle that develops over the anterior half of the head in the spermatozoa

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Aspermia

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lack or absence of sperm

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Autosome

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a chromosome that is not an allosome (a sex chromosome)

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Biflagellate

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having 2 flagellum

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Bulbourethral gland

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also called a cowper’s gland. serves to lubricate the male urethra to prepare it for ejaculation

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Capacitation

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the final step in the maturation of spermatozoa and is required to render them competent to fertilize and oocyte

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Chromosome

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DNA threadlike structures of organisms containing genes (alleles); “colorful body”

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Diploid

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having two haploid sets of homologous chromosomes

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Ductus Deferens

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part of the male reproductive system; these tube transport sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ducts in anticipation of ejaculation. AKA: Vas Deferens

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Ejaculation

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emission of semen from the penis

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Epididymis

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a tube that connects a testicle to a vas deferens in the male reproductive system. spermatids mature here by acquiring their flagellum. “on the twins”

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Gamete

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male or female reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes

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Genitalia

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male and female reproductive structures

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Genitourinary

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of or relating to the genital and urinary organs and their functions

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Genotype

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the actual composition of the alleles (genes)

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Groin

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depression marking the juncture of the lower abdomen and the inner part of the thigh

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Haploid

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having the gametic number (half) of chromosomes typically including one of each pair of homologous chromosomes

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Heterozygous

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having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes

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Homozygous

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having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes

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Inguinal

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of, relating to, or situated in the region of the groin or in either of the lowest lateral regions of the abdomen

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Membranous Urethra

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intermediate part of male urethra

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Oscheitis

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inflammation fo the scrotum

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Orchitis

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inflammation of the testes

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Perineum

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the space between the anus and scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva in the female

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Phenotype

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the observable expression of genes (alleles)

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Prostatic urethra

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part of the male urethra from the base of the prostate gland where the urethra begins as the outlet of the bladder to the point where it emerges from the apex of the prostate gland

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Scrotal

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pertaining to the testicular sac

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Seminal

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pertaining to semen

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Seminal Vesicle

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a pair of simple tubular glands posteroinferior to the urinary bladder of some male mammals

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Seminiferous

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tubules the are located within the testes, and are the specific location of meiosis, and the subsequent creation of male gametes

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Spermatogenesis

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the process by which haploid spermatozoa develop from germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testis

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Spongy Urethra

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the penile portion of the urethra

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Testosterone

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hormone produced by testes and is responsible for inducing and maintaining male secondary sex characteristic

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Vas Deferens

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the duct from the epididymis to the seminal vesicle

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