chapter 21 Flashcards
essential organs of male
testes
pouch like sac where make gonads located
scrotum
the membrane that covers testicle and divides interior into lobes
tunica abluginea
long duct in testicle where sperm develops
semineferous tubule
cells in testes secrete testosterone
interstitial cells
primary spermatocyte develops from cell called
spermatogonium
primary spermatocyte forms sperm cells by under going specialized type of cell division
meiosis or spermatogenesis
sperm cell contains _______ enzyme that can digest covering of ovum
acrosome
reproductive duct that consists of a tightly coiled tube that lies top and behind testes
epididymis
reproductive duct that permits sperm move out of scrotum upward to abdominal cavity
vas ductus deferens
gland secretes thin milk colored fluid makes up 20%
prostate gland
pair of glands that produce thick yellowish fructose rich fluid makes up 60%
seminal glands
three columns of erectile tissue
1: corpus spongiosum
2 of them: corpora cavenosa
essential organs of female
ovaries
name for mature ovarian follicles
graafian
process that produces female gamete
oogenesis
meiosis in female produces one large ovum and three small daughter cells called _____ which degenerate
polar bodies
reproductive tubes connecting ovary and uterus
uterine tubes
muscle layer of uterus
myometrium
uterus is composed of two parts
upper part : body
narrow lower part: cervix
innermost layer of uterus sheds during mensturation
endometrium
part of female reproductive system that opens to exterior
vagina
the glands that secrete mucus like lubricating fluid in vestibule
greater vestibule
milk secreting glandular cells of breast are arranged in grape like structures called
alveoli
alveoli drain into ducts that converge toward the nipple
lactiferuous ducts
pituitary hormone stimulates formation of an egg follicle
FSH
rapid drop of blood levels of estrogen and progesterone
mensturation
egg follicle becomes after ovulation
corpus luteum