FEMALE & MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Flashcards
It enclose and protect the other external reproductive organs.
Labia Majora
They lie just inside the labia majora, and surround the openings to the vagina
Labia Minora
These glands are located next to the vaginal opening on each side and produce a fluid (mucus) secretion.
Bartholin’s Glands
It’s a small, sensitive protrusion that is comparable to the penis in males.
Clitoris
It’s a canal that joins the cervix (the lower part of uterus) to the outside of the body.
Vagina (Birth Canal)
It’s a hollow, pear shaped organ that is the home to a developing fetus.
Uterus
Where the fertilization of an egg by a sperm normally occurs
Fallopian Tubes
These produces an egg cell to be fertilized by a sperm in the process of fertilization.
Ovaries
What are the 2 main female reproductive hormones?
Estrogen & Progesterone
All females are born with approximately how many egg cells?
Two Million
By the time a female reaches puberty, the number of egg cells would have gone down to about?
400,000
In a lifetime of female, out of the 400,000 egg cells at the start of the puberty, only ___ to 500 will mature and are then called ___?
300
Ova
It contains genetic information which carries unique inherited traits such as skin color or hair color.
Chromosomes
After the fusion of the egg and the sperm, the resulting fertilized egg, known as _____, contains __ chromosomes.
Zygote
46
It is made up of a nucleus covered by a cap called acrosome, which stores the enzymes needed to penetrate an egg cell during fertilization.
Head
