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Lab 8 Flashcards

1
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Corpus cavernosum

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Spongy tissue that fills with blood to form erect penis

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Corpus spongiosum

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Spongy tissue that fills with blood to form erect penis, maintains an open urethra for sperm to exit

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Prepuce

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Foreskin, protects glans, innervated by sensory organs involved in arousal

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Spermatic cord

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Collection of vessels, nerves, muscles and ducts that extend through the abdominal wall to testes

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5
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Cremaster muscle

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Thermoregulation of testes

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Vas deferens

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Passage of gametes from epididymis to ejaculatory duct

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Pampiniform plexus

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Blood supply to testes, Thermoregulation of testes

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Epididymis

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Duct for sperm passage that connects testes to vas deferens

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9
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Ejaculatory duct

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Passage for sperm, connects vas deferens to urethra

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10
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Internal urethral orfice

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Opening of bladder into urethra

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Prostatic urethra

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Portion of urethra that runs through prostate gland

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12
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Spongy urethra

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Runs through corpus spongiosum of penis

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13
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Prostate

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Produces 30% of semen volume, contains sugar and chemicals needed to mobilize sperm and make female duct suitable for sperm

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Seminal vesicles

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Produces 60% of semen volume, contains sugar and chemicals needed to mobilize sperm, make female duct suitable for sperm

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Bulbourethral glands

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Produces 5% of semen volume, chemicals needed to neutralize male urine and make female duct suitable for sperm

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Interstitial/Leydig cells

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Produce testosterone, in testes

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Sustentacular/sertoli cells

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Cells of seminiferous tubules that support sperm development

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18
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Spermatogenesis

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Process of making functional sperm that includes mitosis, meiosis and spermiogenesis

19
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Mons pubis

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Fat on pubis that grows pubic hair, protects pubic bone, and produces secretions for sexual function

20
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Labia minora

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Inner folds of skin around vaginal opening that produce secretions to lubricate vagina

21
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Clitoris

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Sensory organ for arousal, made of corpus spongiosum connected to larger erectile bodies

22
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Uterine tube (fallopian tube)

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Duct that conducts gametes from ovary to uterus and sperm from uterus towards ovulated eggs

23
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Fimbriae

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Finger like extensions of uterine tubes that catch ovulated eggs

24
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Ampulla

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Wide region of uterine tubes where fertilization occurs

25
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Isthmus

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Narrowed portion of uterine tubes that conducts sperm towards egg and egg/zygote towards uterus

26
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Fundus

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Portion of the uterus that is opposite the opening and grows upward during pregnancy

27
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Body of uterus

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Where implantation occurs

28
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Cervix

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Inferior portion of uterus that extends into the vagina, contains glands that produce mucous important for selecting sperm and forming plug during pregnancy

29
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Os of cervix

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Opening of uterus into vagina

30
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Ovaries

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Produce eggs, estrogen, progesterone, inhibin

31
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Broad ligament

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Anchors superior aspect of uterus, uterine tubes, ovaries in place

32
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Suspensory ligaments

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Connect ovaries to abdominopelvic wall

33
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Ovarian ligaments

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Connect ovaries to uterus and hold them in place

34
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Round ligaments

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Ligaments that extend from uterus through abdominal wall to external genitalia, anchors

35
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Primordial follicle

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Earliest stage of follicle development consisting of a developing gamete and a single layer of follicle cells around it

36
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Mature follicle

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Latest stage of follicle development, many layers of follicle cells, fluid filled antrum, ready to ovulate ovum

37
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Luteal phase

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Corpus luteum (unovulated follicle) grows and produces progesterone

38
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proliferative phase

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In uterine cycle when endometrium rebuilds, lines up with follicular phase of ovarian cycle

39
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Secretory phase

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In uterine cycle, endometrial glands produce sugar secretions, occurs simultaneously with luteal phase

40
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Menarche

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First period

41
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Perimenopause

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Declining estrogen and ovulation that results in irregular periods

42
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Menopause

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Low estrogen, diagnosed after 12 months of no menstruation

43
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Emission

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Semen through ducts

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