Overview Flashcards
Main organs of reproductive system
(what are the 5 categories?)
-Gonads
-Gamates
-Ducts
-Accessory sex glands
-Supporting structures
Gonads
Glands that produce gamates
Male Gonads
female gonads
Male Gonads: Testis
female gonads: Ovary
Gamates
Sex cells
Male Gamates
Female Gamates
Male Gamates: Sperm
Female Gamates: egg cells
Ducts
Transport, receive, and store gamates
Male Ducts:
Female Ducts:
Male Ducts: epididymis, ductus deferens, urethra
Female Ducts: Uterine tube
Accessory Glands
glands that add liquid secretons to support gamates
Male Accessory glands:
Female Accessory glands:
Male Accessory glands: Seminal vesicles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands
Female Accessory glands: greater vestibular glands
Supporting structures
The primary sex organ for sex
Male supporting structures:
female supporting structures:
male: Penis
female: Vagine, vulva, clitoris