Male and Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What does the reproductive system include?

Answer 1

• Physical structures
• Secretions
• Hormones

Question 2

What are the primary reproductive organs of the male?

Answer 2

Testes

Question 3

What is the scrotum?

Answer 3

A sac that houses the testes away from the body to lower their temperature during sperm production

Question 4

Sperm

Answer 4

Male gametes

Question 5

Penis

Answer 5

Organ for elimination of urine and sperm from the male body

Question 6

Vas deferns

Answer 6

The duct in which sperm moves from testicle to the urethra

Question 7

Urethra

Answer 7

The duct that delivers urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Question 8

Prostate

Answer 8

The gland in males that controls the release of urine and secretes a portion of semen that enhances motility and fertility of sperm

Question 9

Testes (testicles)

Answer 9

The male gonads. The organ that produce sperm

Question 10

Scrotum

Answer 10

The pouch of skin that contains the testicles

Question 11

Ova (eggs)

Answer 11

Female gametes

Question 12

Fertilization (or conception)

Answer 12

The fusion of the egg and sperm

Question 13

Ovaries

Answer 13

The female gonads. Organs in which eggs are produced for reproduction

Question 14

Fallopian tubes

Answer 14

Tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus

Question 15

Uterus

Answer 15

The womb

Question 16

Vagina

Answer 16

The canal that connects the external genitals to the cervix in the female

Question 17

Hormone

Answer 17

A chemical messenger produced by a gland and transported by the bloodstream that regulates specific processes in the body

Question 18

Follicle

Answer 18

Saclike structure that contains and allows for maturation of the female ovum (egg) within the ovary

Question 19

Zygote

Answer 19

Fertilized egg with full set of genetic material from merging of egg and sperm nuclei

Question 20

Part of the endocrine system and allow for cell-to-cell communication

Answer 20

Hormones

Question 21

Is initiated by the production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone from the hypothalamus

Answer 21

Puberty

Question 22

What is the hypothalamus?

Answer 22

Triggers the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary gland

Question 23

LH is released and signals the testes to produce more ______________.

Answer 23

Testosterone

Question 24

Puberty

Answer 24

A physiological period in which changes in hormone levels cause a general “growth spurt” and development of secondary sex characteristics

Question 25

Hypothalamus

Answer 25

A location in the brain that integrates the endocrine and nervous systems

Question 26

Follicle-stimulating hormone

Answer 26

A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary that stimulates development of eggs in ovaries and sperm in testes

Question 27

Luteinizing hormone

Answer 27

A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary that is responsible for triggering ovulation and the production of testosterone by testes

Question 28

Pituitary gland

Answer 28

The endocrine gland at the base of the brain that controls growth ad development

Question 29

Testosterone

Answer 29

The hormone that stimulates male secondary sexual characteristics

Question 30

Estrogen

Answer 30

A female sex hormone released by the ovaries