Ch. 28 questions

Question 1

What organs are included in the male reproductive system?

Answer 1

Testes, seminiferous tubules, epididymis, ducts deferents, ejaculatory ducts, urethra, seminal vesicles, prostate, bulbourethral glands, and external glands

Question 2

What area the male gonads?

Answer 2

Testes

Question 3

What are the male gametes?

Answer 3

Sperm

Question 4

What is the specific term for production of male gametes?

Answer 4

Spermatogenesis

Question 5

What are the coiled tubules inside the testes that produce sperm?

Answer 5

Seminiferous tubules

Question 6

Which diploid cells are produced from spermatogonia?

Answer 6

Primary spermatocytes

Question 7

A what is the first haploid stage in spermatogenesis?

Answer 7

Spermatids

Question 8

What do the secondary spermatocytes produce?

Answer 8

Haploid spermatids

Question 9

Where is the nucleus?

Answer 9

In the head

Question 10

What is the function of the acrosome?

Answer 10

Covers the head and contains enzymes to help with penetration

Question 11

What is contained in the neck?

Answer 11

Centrioles

Question 12

What is contained in the middle piece?

Answer 12

Mitochondria that makes ATP

Question 13

What is the function of the tail?

Answer 13

Used for movement

Question 14

What is the function of GnRH? (males)

Answer 14

Stimulates cells in the anterior pituitary gland to produce LH and FSH during puberty

Question 15

What is the function of LH?

Answer 15

Stimulates cells in the testes to produce testosterone

Question 16

What is the function of LSH?

Answer 16

Stimulates spermatogenesis

Question 17

What is the function of testosterone and dihyfrotestosterone?

Answer 17

Produce prenatal development, development of male sexual characteristics, sexual function, and stimulation of anabolism

Question 18

What are the three accessory glands?

Answer 18

Seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral

Question 19

What do seminal vesicles produce?

Answer 19

Secrete alkaline

Question 20

What do the prostate produce?

Answer 20

Secretes acidic fluid containing citric acid, proteolytic enzymes, acid phosphate, and sminalplasmin

Question 21

What does the bulbourethral produce?

Answer 21

Secrete an alkaline fluid

Question 22

What organs include in the female reproductive system?

Answer 22

Ovaries, uterine tubes, the uterus, the vagina, and the external organs

Question 23

What are the female gonads?

Answer 23

Ovaries

Question 24

What are the female gametes?

Answer 24

Ova or egg cells

Question 25

What is oogenesis?

Answer 25

Formation of gametes in the ovaries

Question 26

Where does it occur?

Answer 26

It begins before a female is born with the process of meiosis

Question 27

What are the three layers of the uterus?

Answer 27

The permetrium (serosa) is the outermost, the myometrium is the middle layer, and the endometrium is the inner layer

Question 28

What do the secretory cells of the cervix produce?

Answer 28

Cervical mucus

Question 29

What advantages does this substance provide for sperm?

Answer 29

Nourishes it and aids in capacitation

Question 30

What happens in the ovarian cycle?

Answer 30

Includes changes that occur during and after maturation of the oocyte

Question 31

What happens in the uterine cycle?

Answer 31

Involves changes in the endometrium that prepare it for implantation of the developing embryo

Question 32

What is the function of estrogen?

Answer 32

Promote development and maintenance of female reproductive structures and secondary sex characteristics

Question 33

What is the function of progesterone?

Answer 33

Stimulates endometrial glands to secrete glycogen and lipids, which serve as initial nutrient source for a fertilized egg

Question 34

What is the function of inhibin?

Answer 34

Inhibits release of FSH

Question 35

What is the function of relaxin?

Answer 35

Inhibits contractions of uterine smooth muscle