Chapter 39- The Reproductive System Flashcards
Sagital cut
Cut down middle view
Scrotum
Thin skinned membrane that covers both testes.
Why are the testes outside body
Bc sperm can’t develop inside the body bc it’s too warm, it’s about two degrees cooler outside
Epididymus
There are two of them where the mature sperm are stored they are stored her about 3-4 days before they die and are absorbed into the blood stream
Vas deferrins
The two pathways that come off the back of each teste to the abdominal canvity over top of the bladder and down behind it
Seminal vesicles
Glands that add fluid to moving sperm, path continues to prostate
Prostate
Gland that adds fluid to moving sperm
Cowper’s gland
Releases mucus ahead of the sperm to rinse out the rest of the path when sperm arrive. It rinses our pee which is acidic which makes it more hospitable for sperm
Prostate cancer
Major killer to men bc the symptoms are what every old man experiences. The glands swell which prevent u from peeing right, check during colonoscopy
Erection
Blood surges into sponge fills with blood penis expands. Only time there’s movement without muscles
Ejaculation
The process of releasing sperm. Lasts 2-3 seconds. Sperm is produced but muscular rings around urethra and vas deferrins
How many sperm in avg ejaculate
200 million
Composition of semen
60% from seminal vesicles
Vitamins c
Fructose to give sperm energy
Mostly mucus
What gland produced most of fluid
Prostate
Sperms pH
Alkaline, when the pH 7-8 mucus interacts with the speed they become active and can swim. The semen is ejaculated into the back of the vagina bc it changes the vaginas 5-6 ph to 7-8 in back
Spermogenesis
The creation of sperm
Acrosome
Helmet protects the sperms nucleus
Midpiece
Where the mitochondria are. They provide energy by adp to atp conversion. They move fibers which make the tail (flagella) whip
Fimbrea
Float on surface of ovary that move the egg to the Fallopian tube (hairs)
Fallopian tube
Has cilia that move the egg along. Liquid from the abdomen also goes through it
Where sperm meets egg
Uterus
Smaller than ur fist
Lined with smooth muscle
The fertilized egg comes down from the Fallopian tubes to here. The walls are a half inch think when not pregnant
Cervix
Opening at bottom of uterus to vagina