Lecture 11 Assignment

Question 1

A specialized sex cell, which in humans carries 23 chromosomes, is called a ___________________ (NOTE: I want the generic term, not one that is gender-specific)

Answer 1

gamete

Question 2

What are the male reproductive organs?

Answer 2

testes

Question 3

What cells secrete signaling molecules that promote sperm production?

Answer 3

sertoli cells

Question 4

Production of sperm is called _______________________________.

Answer 4

spermatogenesis

Question 5

In what structure do newly formed sperm continue to mature?

Answer 5

epididmysis

Question 6

Each ductus deferens extends superiorly into the abdominal cavity through
the ________________________________

Answer 6

inguinal canal

Question 7

What structure is formed from the ductus deferens and the duct of the seminal vesicle?

Answer 7

ejaculatory duct

Question 8

Abnormal growth of the prostate is called ________________________.

Answer 8

benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH),

Question 9

What are the female reproductive organs?

Answer 9

ovaries

Question 10

An oocyte and its supporting cells is called a ___________________________.

Answer 10

follicle

Question 11

The release of an oocyte from the ovary is called ________________________.

Answer 11

ovulation

Question 12

What hormone stimulates the ovarian follicles to grow?
__________________________________

Answer 12

follicle-stimulating hormone

Question 13

A large burst of _______________________ stimulates ovulation to occur.

Answer 13

LH (luteinizing hormone)

Question 14

After ovulation, the collapsed ovarian follicle becomes the __________________.

Answer 14

the corpus luteum (yellowish body)

Question 15

The inner lining of the uterus is called the _________________________.

Answer 15

endometrium