Key Terms — Human Reproduction Flashcards

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Sexual reproduction

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When a mobile make gamete fertilises with a stationary female gamete to form a zygote

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Asexual reproduction

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Clones that involve 1 parent only
Division or bud off

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Ureter

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Duct to bladder

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Sperm duct

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Seminal vesicles

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Produce fluid that makes semen

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Erectile tissue

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Urethra

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Semen & urine

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Penis

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Testes

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Scrotum

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Outside to maintain a slightly lower temp x denature

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Ovary

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Oviduct

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Place of fertilisation

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Uterus

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Uterus lining

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For implantation

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Cervix

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Acrosome

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Digestive enzyme to digest the membrane of eggs

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Fertilisation

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Fusion of male and female gamete to restore diploid chromosome number in zygote

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Internal fertilisation

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Males ejaculate semen into females body

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External fertilisation

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Release ova and sperm into water

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Fertilisation of the membrane

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After the 2 nuclei have fused

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Placenta

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Progesterone — maintain uterus lining prevent abortion
Obtain and get rid

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Amniotic sac

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Encloses embryo x inc placenta

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Zygote —> embryo —> foetus

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Amniotic fluid

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Protects from jolts and bumps

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Chorionic villi membrane

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Links maternal blood w umbilical chord

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Progesterone

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Placenta, corpus luteum
Maintain uterus lining

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FSH

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Pituitary
Ovaries release oestrogen
Follicle dev

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Follicle

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Does metabolism and resp work for the egg

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LH

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Pituitary
Stimulate ovulation

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Corpus luteum

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Follicle after ovulation