Chapter 17 Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the reproductive system?

Answer 1

Responsible for production of gametes in both sexes.

Question 2

What are the two types of cell division?

Answer 2

Mitosis and Meiosis

Question 3

What is the penis?

Answer 3

Male organ used for sexual intercourse.

Question 4

What is the scrotum?

Answer 4

Contains testes.

Question 5

What is spermatogenesis?

Answer 5

Produces sperm.

Question 6

What helps hormonal regulation in men?

Answer 6

Specific organ secretions
Follicle hormone
Luteinizing hormone

Question 7

What is the vagina?

Answer 7

Organ of women for sexual intercourse and birth canal.

Question 8

What are the ovaries?

Answer 8

Lie in shallow depressions of the pelvic cavity and produce eggs.

Question 9

What is oogenesis?

Answer 9

Production of eggs in women.

Question 10

What parts are in the ovarian cycle when not pregnant?

Answer 10

Primary follicle
Secondary follicle
Vesicular follicle

Question 11

What do estrogen and progesterone’s do?

Answer 11

Help regulate the uterine cycle.

Question 12

What kind of contraceptives are there?

Answer 12

Birth control
IUD
Diaphragm
Condoms

Question 13

What causes STDs?

Answer 13

Viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.

Question 14

What STDs are caused by viruses?

Answer 14

AIDS, genital warts, genital herpes, hepatitis

Question 15

What STDS are caused by bacteria?

Answer 15

Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis

Question 16

What kind of vaginal infections are there?

Answer 16

Vaginosis and yeast infection.