Chapter 15: Reproduction

Question 1

Haploid cell that fuses with second haploid cell to effect fertilization and create a zygote.

Answer 1

Gamete

Question 2

Gamete producing organ.

Answer 2

Gonads

Question 3

Male gonads.

Answer 3

Testes

Question 4

Specific location of sperm production.

Answer 4

Seminiferous tubules

Question 5

Gametes that upon fertilization supply chromosomes but not much else.

Answer 5

Sperm

Question 6

Tubes that rhythmically delivers sperm from the epididymis to the urethra during ejaculation.

Answer 6

Vas deferens

Question 7

Source of yellowish fluid that aids in sperm post ejaculation survival and functioning.

Answer 7

Seminal vesicle

Question 8

Contributor of white, alkaline fluid that makes up one half or more of the volume of semen.

Answer 8

Prostate gland

Question 9

Semen delivery organ.

Answer 9

Penis

Question 10

Egg containing spherical clusters of cells where many of these clusters together make up ovaries.

Answer 10

Follicle

Question 11

An unfertilized egg cell that is receptive to fertilization.

Answer 11

Ovum

Question 12

Connecting organ between the ovary and the uterus.

Answer 12

Fallopian tube

Question 13

Location in mammals where fetus gestation occurs.

Answer 13

Uterus

Question 14

Muscular canal separating the lumen of the uterus from that of the vagina.

Answer 14

Cervix

Question 15

The mucous membrane lining of the uterus.

Answer 15

Endometrium

Question 16

Internal female structure directly involved in sexual intercourse and into which sperm is deposited in the course of male ejaculation.

Answer 16

Vagina

Question 17

Female external genetalia.

Answer 17

Vulva

Question 18

Well defined sequence of modifications to the egg-producing anatomy of sexually mature but not pregnant females.

Answer 18

Ovarian cycle

Question 19

Progesterone-secreting structure that is present within ovaries during the secretory phase of the ovarian cycle.

Answer 19

Corpus luteum

Question 20

Well defined sequence of modifications to the embryo-nourishing anatomy of sexually mature but not pregnant female mammals.

Answer 20

Uterine cycle

Question 21

Blood discharge from the vagina associated with shedding of the endometrium.

Answer 21

Menses

Question 22

Time during the uterine cycle of endometrium shedding.

Answer 22

Menstrual phase

Question 23

Time during the uterine cycle of endometrium regeneration.

Answer 23

Proliferation phase

Question 24

Time during the uterine cycle when the corpus luteum is producing progesterone.

Answer 24

Secretory phase

Question 25

Diploid product of gamete fusion.

Answer 25

Zygote

Question 26

Mitotic division during early animal embryonic development.

Answer 26

Cleavage

Question 27

Embryonic product of cleavage that consists of a solid ball of cells.

Answer 27

Morula

Question 28

Hollow ball of cells that forms from the morula during the early embryonic development of mammals.

Answer 28

Blastocyst

Question 29

Blastocyst attachment to the uterine lining.

Answer 29

Implantation

Question 30

The transition from antepartum to postpartum.

Answer 30

Parturition

Question 31

Milk producing organ associated with mammals.

Answer 31

Mammary gland