Male Reproductive System

Question 1

Spermatagonia are diploid cells

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Oogonia are haploid cells

Answer 2

False (diploid)

Question 3

The primary sex organ of a male is the penis

Answer 3

False (testes)

Question 4

The mesonephros gives rise to the kidneys

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The mesonephric duct gives rise to female reproductive tract

Answer 5

False (paramesonephric)

Question 6

The Paramesonephric duct gives rise to the male reproductive tract

Answer 6

False (mesonephric duct)

Question 7

The cordlike structure that guides the testes from the abdomen to the scrotum is called the gubernaculum

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Cryptochidism refers to undescended testes

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Spermatogenesis occurs in the epididymis

Answer 9

False (seminiferous tubules in the testes)

Question 10

Sustentacular cells secrete inhibin

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Sustentacular cells have receptors for luteinizing hormone (LH)

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Sustentacular cells form the blood-testes barrier

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Interstitial cells have receptors for follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

Answer 13

False (LH cells)

Question 14

Mitochondria are found in the midpiece of a sperm cell

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The cremaster and dartos muscle contracts in warm temperature

Answer 15

False (in cold)

Question 16

The pampiniform plexus is a network of veins

Answer 16

True

Question 17

GnRH is produced in the hypothalamus

Answer 17

True

Question 18

GnRH stimulates the anterior pituitary to produce LH and FSH

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Inhibin inhibits LH

Answer 19

False (inhibits FSH)

Question 20

Spermine raises the pH of the vaginal tract

Answer 20

True