ch 27 Flashcards
scrotum
temperature regulation
testes
organ produce sperm/testosterone
Testes:
Interstitial cells:
Sertoli cells:
Spermatogenic cells:
Interstitial cells: produces testosterone
Sertoli cells: BTB, nourish, trim
Spermatogenic cells: sperm production
Epididymis
receive sperm from the testes - site of sperm maturation
Vasdeferans
receive sperm from the epididymis transport to the ejaculatory duct
Ejaculatory duct
surrounded by prostate gland
seminal vesicle
60% semen, fructose, alkaline clotting
prostate gland
25% semen, anti-clotting factors
Cowper’s gland
alkaline mucus into urethra
Corpora cavernosa
superior erectile tissue
Corpus spongiosum
inferior erectile tissue, surround urthera
Ovary
female gonads - contain follicles (granulose cells and oocyte)
Primary follicle
becomes mature follicle that ovulates the oocyte (egg) about day 14
Corpus luteum
remaining granulose cells that maintains pregnancy if fertilized
Oogenesis
primary oocyte = stage born in, secondary oocyte = stage
fertilized and polar bodies = genetic “trash”