Exam #8: Reproductive System Flashcards
What are essential organs of reproduction in men and women?
Gonads
What means “offspring?”
Progeny
What is the musculocutaneous sac in which testes are suspended?
Scrotum
What is the muscle of the scrotum?
Dartos
What connective tissue sheath that covers the vas deferens blood vessels and nerves?
Spermatic chord
What make up the tunica albuginea?
- Parietal= tunica vaginalis
2. Visceral
Which is a tough membrane that surrounds each testes?
Tunica albuginea
What are found in the lobules and produce sperm?
Seminiferous tubules
What are found in the septa and produce testosterone?
Interstitial cells
What produces 60% of secretions?
Seminal vesicles
What form is spermatic energy produced?
Fructose
What is a sperm precursor cell?
Spermatogonia
Where are LH (ICSH) and FSH produced?
Anterior pituitary gland
What is the sex hormone responsible for proliferation and vascularization of the epithelial lining of the uterus and acts with estrogen to initiate the menstrual cycle?
Progesterone
What are the 3 words that mean the same?
- Oviducts
- Uterine tubes
- Fallopian tubes