Female & male reproductive systems

Question 1

What do the female and make reproductive systems consist of?

Answer 1

Glands and tubes that produces and nurture sex cells and transport them to the site of fertilisation

Question 2

Male sex cells

Answer 2

Sperm

Question 3

Female sex cells

Answer 3

Oocytes

Question 4

Primary sex organs term

Answer 4

Gonads

Question 5

Other organs ( other than gonads) in the reproductive system term

Answer 5

Accessory organs

Question 6

What’s the spermatic cord that suspends the testes?

Answer 6

Scrotum

Question 7

What cells give rise to sperm cells?

Answer 7

Spermatogenic cells

Question 8

What tubules have an epithelium lined with spermatogenic cells?

Answer 8

Seminiferous tubules

Question 9

What cells between the seminiferous tubules produces male hormones?

Answer 9

Interstitial cells

Question 10

At what stage are sperm cells undifferentiated?

Answer 10

In the male embryo

Question 11

What are undifferentiated spermatogenic cells called?

Answer 11

Spermatogonia

Question 12

What cells in the seminiferous tubule nourish and regulate spermatogenic cells?

Answer 12

Sustentacular cells

Question 13

Hormones in embryo development cause sperm cells to undergo…

Answer 13

Mitosis

Question 14

How many types of cell does mitosis of spermatogonia make?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

What two functions do the product cells of mitosis of spermatogonia cells do?

Answer 15

Type one remains a spermatogonial cell and continues to undergo mitosis

Type two becomes a primary spermatocyte and undergoes meiosis

Question 16

Term for sperm production

Answer 16

Spermatogenesis

Question 17

What cells are the products of meiosis from spermatocytes

Answer 17

Haploid, secondary spermatocytes

Question 18

What’s the products of the division of secondary spermatocytes?

Answer 18

Spermatids

Question 19

Where do sperm mature?

Answer 19

Epididymis

Question 20

What is at the top of the sperm cell head?

Answer 20

Acrosome

Question 21

What is the acrosome at the top of the sperm cell head?

Answer 21

A bag of digestive enzymes to help erode tissues around the female egg

Question 22

Tail of sperm cell

Answer 22

Flagellum

Question 23

What is contained in the mid-piece of a spermatocytes cell?

Answer 23

Mitochondria

Question 24

What is contained in the sperm cell head?

Answer 24

Haploid nucleus

Question 25

What are the male internal accessory organs?

Answer 25

Several ducts Urethra prostrate gland (and others) Seminal vesicles

Question 26

What are the epididymides

Answer 26

Coiled tubes adjacent to the testes from the testes to the vas deferens where sperm matures

Question 27

Ductus deferens

Answer 27

Muscular tube from epididymis up to the ejaculatory duct

Question 28

Seminal vesicles

Answer 28

Saclike structure attached to the vas deferens near base of urinary bladder

Question 29

What do seminal vesicles do

Answer 29

Secrete fructose to nourish sperm Secrete prostaglandins to cause muscular contractions in female tract to help propel sperm to the egg cell

Question 30

Prostate gland location

Answer 30

Surrounds urethra at base of bladder

Question 31

Prostate gland function

Answer 31

Secreted thin milky fluid containing citrate which nourishes sperm and prostate specific antigen to help liquefy sperm

Question 32

Bulbourethral gland location and function

Answer 32

Small structures inferior to the prostate | Secrete mucus to lubricate tip of penis during sexual arousal

Question 33

Semen

Answer 33

Combination of sperm and secretions from seminal vesicles and prostate and bulbourethral glands

Question 34

Male external reproductive organs

Answer 34

Penis | Scrotum (houses testes)

Question 35

Scrotum

Answer 35

Pouch of skin and subcutaneous tissue that houses testes, protects and regulates temperature of testes

Question 36

What tissue makes up the penis

Answer 36

Specialised erectile tissue

Question 37

What causes an erection?

Answer 37

Sexual arousal causes parasympathetic impulses causing increased blood flow into penis

Question 38

Emission

Answer 38

Movement of sorry calls into urethra for ejaculation

Question 39

Male sex hormones term

Answer 39

Androgens

Question 40

Testosterone

Answer 40

Stimulates development of male reproductive organs and make characteristics

Question 41

Primary sex organs female (gonads)

Answer 41

Ovaries

Question 42

Where are ovaries located

Answer 42

The lateral pelvic cavity

Question 43

Inner ovary | Outer ovary

Answer 43

Inner=medulla | Outer=cortex

Question 44

What is in the ovarian medulla

Answer 44

Connective tissue Blood vessels Nerves Lymphatic vessels

Question 45

What is in the ovarian cortex?

Answer 45

Ovarian follicles

Question 46

Oocyte

Answer 46

Cell in ovary which may undergo cell division to form an ovum

Question 47

Ovum

Answer 47

Mature female reproductive cell

Question 48

Oogenesis

Answer 48

Oocytes undergo meiosis to form haploid secondary oocytes and a polar body

Question 49

A second division in oogenesis gives rise to what

Answer 49

An egg cell and another polar body

Question 50

FSH initiates what

Answer 50

Follicle maturation

Question 51

Name of a mature follicle

Answer 51

Antral follicle

Question 52

Antral follicle contains what?

Answer 52

Secondary oocyte

Question 53

Name of follicle before maturation

Answer 53

Pre antral follicle

Question 54

Name of follicle before primary follicle

Answer 54

Primordial follicle

Question 55

Female internal accessory organs

Answer 55

Uterine tubes, uterus, vagina

Question 56

Uterine tubes known as

Answer 56

Fallopian tubes

Question 57

What function do the cells lining the Fallopian tubes have?

Answer 57

Cilia which beat to draw the egg into the uterine tube

Question 58

Where does fertilisation generally take place

Answer 58

Uterine tubes

Question 59

Bottom area of the uterus

Answer 59

The cervix

Question 60

Where does the cervix extend into

Answer 60

The vagina

Question 61

Theee layers of the uterus

Answer 61

Inner- endometrium Middle- myometrium (muscular wall) Outer- perimetrium

Question 62

What is the vagina

Answer 62

A fibromuscular tube from the uterus to the outside

Question 63

What membrane covers the vaginal offrice

Answer 63

Hymen

Question 64

Three layers of the vagina

Answer 64

Inner mucosal layer Middle muscular layer Outer fibrous layer

Question 65

What suspends the ovaries

Answer 65

Ovarian ligament

Question 66

Wing like structure from uterus

Answer 66

Broad ligament

Question 67

External reproductive female organs

Answer 67

``` Vulva Clitoris Labia majora Labia minora Vestibular glands ```

Question 68

Labia majora

Answer 68

Enclosed and protect other external organs

Question 69

Labia minora

Answer 69

Hood around the clitoris

Question 70

Clitoris

Answer 70

Mass of errectile tissue

Question 71

Vestibule

Answer 71

Space enclosed by the labia minors into which the vagina opens

Question 72

Vestibular glands

Answer 72

Either side of vaginal opening to provide lubrication

Question 73

Estrogens

Answer 73

Responsible for female secondary sexual characteristics eg breast development

Question 74

Where is progesterone secreted from?

Answer 74

Ovaries

Question 75

Menarche

Answer 75

Monthly changes in uterine lining leading to menstrual flow

Question 76

What causes menstrual flow?

Answer 76

Shedding of the endometrium

Question 77

What hormone level change causes ovulation?

Answer 77

Surge in LH

Question 78

Main nerve shooting to the vagina

Answer 78

Pudendal

Question 79

The broad ligament is a wide fold of which component of the abdomen

Answer 79

Peritoneum

Question 80

The ligament that maintains the anteversion id the uterus?

Answer 80

Round ligament

Question 81

Fold of the squamous epithelium that forms the inner layer of the vaginal wall

Answer 81

Rugae

Question 82

Infundibulum

Answer 82

part of the uterine tube between the ampulla and the fimbrae

Question 83

Fimbrae

Answer 83

Fingerlike projections at the end of the uterine tube

Question 84

Three parts of the uterine tube

Answer 84

1- isthmus 2-ampulla 3-infundibulum Followed by the fimbrae