Male & Female Reproductive System

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Reproductive System

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Includes physical structures, hormones, and secretions. Works in tandem with the endocrine system.

Question 2

Male Reproductive System

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Purpose is to generate male gametes(sperm) and deliver them to the female reproductive system. Components are: penis, vas deferens, urethra, prostate, seminal vesicles, testes and scrotum.

Question 3

Testes

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The male gonads. The organs that produce sperm. Primary reproductive organs. Inside testes are seminiferous tubules in which sperm are produced.

Question 4

Seminiferous tubules

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Found inside testes where sperm are produced.

Question 5

Scrotum

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Sac that houses testes outside and away from body to lower temperature during sperm production. The lower temperature provides perfect environment for sperm to mature. If they grow at body temp, sperm dont mature properly.

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Prostate

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Produce the fluids necessary for lubricating and nourishing the sperm. The gland in males that controls the release of urine and secretes a portion of semen that enhances motility and fertility of sperm.

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Seminal Vesicles

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Produce fluids necessary for nourishing and lubricating the sperm.

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Vas Deferens

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The duct in which sperm moves from a testicle to the urethra.

Question 9

Urethra

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

Question 10

Penis

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Organ for the elimination of urine and sperm from the male body.

Question 11

Sperm

Answer 11

Male gametes

Question 12

Female Reproductive System

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Primary role is to generate female gametes( ova, or eggs), fertilization (conception), implantation (start of pregnancy), gestation (pregnancy), and parturition (birth). Include ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina, labia minora and majora, and clitoris.

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Ovaries

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

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Fallopian Tubes

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Also known as oviducts. Tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus.

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Uterus

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The womb. Menstrual Cycle happens here.

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Cervix

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The lower, narrow end of the uterus (womb) that connects the uterus to the vagina (birth canal). The cervix allows fluids, such as menstrual blood, to pass from the uterus into the vagina. It also widens during the birth of a baby.

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Labia Minora and Majora

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The labia minora are a pair of small skin folds that extend from the clitoris to the vulva vestibule. The labia majora are a prominent pair of cutaneous skin folds that will form the lateral longitudinal borders of the vulval clefts.

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Clitoris

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the sensitive area located on the top of your vulva

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Vagina

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The canal that connects the external genitals to the cervix in the female. Serves as the female copulatory organ and birth canal by connecting to uterus and cervix.

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Fallopian Tubes

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Tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. Connect the ovaries to the uterus.

Question 21

Hormone

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

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Follicle

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

Question 23

Zygote

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

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Blastocyst

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Zygote undergoes several divisions into a ball and might undergo implantation.

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Implantation

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Process by which a blastocyst implants itself in the uterine wall (endometrium).

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Embryo

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Blastocyst develops into an embryo and grows a placenta nourishes embryo.

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Fetus

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Embryo is developed with a placenta for nourishment and expelling waste. Fetus is ready for birth after 40 weeks of fertilization and then pushed out of vagina.

Question 28

Puberty

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A physiological period in which changes in hormone levels cause a general “growth spurt” and development of secondary sex characteristics. Initiated by the production of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone from the hypothalmus, which triggers release of the follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH) and lutenixing hormone(LH) from the anterior pituitary gland.

Question 29

Hypothalamus

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

Question 30

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

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

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Lutenizing Hormone

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

Question 32

Pituitary gland

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

Question 33

Testosterone

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Hormone that stimulates male secondary sexual characteristics. Leutinizing Hormone (LH) signals testes to produce Testoosterone. Testosterone and Foĺlicle Stimulating Hormone(FSH) stimulate the production of sperm cells. Testosterone is not cyclical , sperm are constantly producing and maturing.

Question 34

Estrogen

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A female sex hormone released by the ovaries. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) signals ovaries to produce more estrogen. Release of estrogen causes eggs to mature in ovary’s follicles and endometrium to thicken. Egg is released due to LH surge. Mature follicle is called “Corpus Leuteum”. Produces large amounts of progesterone to prepare endometrium for implantation of fertilized egg. If NO fertilization uterine lining sheds and menstrual cycle begins.

Question 35

Reproductive hormones

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Estrogen and Testosterone produce mamary glands, axial and facial hair, fat deposition patterns, and muscle growth.