Lecture 70 - male reproductive system Flashcards
What are the two major functions of Reproductive organs?
Gametogenesis:
-Spermatogenesis produces Spermatozoa
Oogenesis produces Ova
Secretion of hormones:
Testosterone (in leydig cell)
Estrogen and Progesterone (theca and granulosa)
At the end of mitosis, developing sperm cells are called?
Spermatocytes
Human gametes contain how many chromosomes?
23
When does spermatogenesis begin?
Puberty
The first meiotic division gives us the ______ _______
The first meiotic division gives us the secondary spermatocyte
When does oogenesis begin?
Fetal life
After the first meiotic division, ann oogonnium has become
A secondary oocyte and a polar body
In females, esotrogen and progesterone are produced by the
Follicular cells, and corpus leuteum
what releases GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone) in both males and females
Hypothalamus
In males, the primary target for FSH is
Sertoli cells
In males LH influences:
Testosterone production
What is in the seminiferous tubules?
Sertoli cells (surrounding the outside) and support sperm
Spermatogonia
Inters
True or False:
Spermatogonia divide and produce all sperm cells
true
Before birth, Testosterone:
Masculinises __________ tract and external ________
promotes descent of ______into scrotum
Before birth, Testosterone:
Masculinises reproductive tract and external genitialia
promotes descent of testes into scrotum