Pig Part E (Excretory and Reproductive Systems)

Question 1

What is the function of the excretory (urinary) system?

Answer 1

Remove waste (excess water, carbon dioxide, proteins sugars) from the body

Question 2

Kidney

Answer 2

Removes waste products from the blood; maintains blood pH, regulates the amount of water in the blood.

Question 3

Ureter

Answer 3

Tube that carries urine from kidney to bladder

Question 4

Bladder

Answer 4

Stores urine

Question 5

Urethra

Answer 5

Tube that carries urine from bladder to outside of body

Question 6

The kidneys filter all of the blood in the body every ___ minutes

Answer 6

45

Question 7

A person can live without one of their kidneys. True or false?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Define puberty

Answer 8

Period of time where adolescents reach sexual maturity and are capable of reproduction

Question 9

Approximately what age does puberty occur?

Answer 9

Female: 10-14 years of age
Male: 12-16 years of age

Question 10

What is the primary function of the male reproductive system?

Answer 10

Produce sperm (and testosterone for the male secondary sex characteristics)

Question 11

Scrotum

Answer 11

An external sac that hold the testes at a couple of degrees cooler than the human body

Question 12

Seminiferous tubules

Answer 12

Hundreds of tiny tubes where the sperm are produced (meiosis; spermatogenesis)

Question 13

Epididymis

Answer 13

Where the sperm mature and are stored before ejaculation

Question 14

What is the primary reproductive organ in a female?

Answer 14

Ovary

Question 15

What are the primary functions of the female reproductive system?

Answer 15

Produce mature eggs every 28 days and prepare the body for pregnancy

Question 16

A female is born with all of the eggs she will ever have. About how many eggs are usually released in her lifetime?

Answer 16

400

Question 17

Define ovulation

Answer 17

The process in which an egg or eggs are released from one or both ovaries.

Question 18

Fallopian tubes

Answer 18

Have cilia (hairs) that “sweep” egg into the uterus and there the sperm find the egg for conception

Question 19

Uterus

Answer 19

Where the fertilized egg implants and grows and develops for 40 weeks (9 ½ months)

Question 20

Placenta

Answer 20

Develops in uterus during pregnancy. Allows for mom’s blood vessels and fetal blood vessels to be close together for transfer of carbon dioxide and oxygen, nutrients and waste between mother and baby