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Testes

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Held outside the bday by the scrotum
Creates testosterone
Temperature regulation

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Seminiforous tubules

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Long coiled tubes that produce sperm
Sertoli cells

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Epididymis

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Were sperm mature and become motile

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Vas deferens

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Carries sperm to the ejaculatory duct in the penis

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Seminal vesicle

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Secretes sugar fructose fluid to provide the sperm with energy

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Prostate gland

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Secretes alkaline fluid to neutralize acids in female tract

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Cowpers gland

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Neutralizes acids in the urinary tract

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Urethra

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Transports semen

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Penis

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Transports sperm cells into female reproductive tract

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What does the hypothalamus release

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GnRH

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What does FSH do in the male feedback loop

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Tells Sertoli cells to produce sperm

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What does LH do in the male feedback loop

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It tells interstitial cells to produces testosterone

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What does testosterone do

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It helps produce sperm in Sertoli cells, goes into the negative feedback loop

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What is inhibin

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Comes from Sertoli cells into the negative feedback loop, inhibits

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Uterus

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Protects and develops the fetus

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Endometrium

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Lining of the uterus, rich in blood vessels, site of egg implantation

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Cervix

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Muscular band of tissue that connects the uterus and vagina, closes during pregnancy

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Vagina

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Sperm entrance, muscular birth canal, exit for menstrul flow

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Fallopian tube, ova duct

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Pathway for ova to uterus, typical site of fertilization

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Ovary

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Produces estrogen and progesterone, site of development and ovulation

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Ovary

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Produces estrogen and progesterone, site of development and ovulation

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Fimbria

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Sweep the ovum into the fallopian tube following ovulation

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What does LH do in the female feedback loop

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Goes into growing follicule and corpus elitism to produce progesterone and some estrogen

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What does FSH do in the female feedback loop

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It goes into the growing follicule to release estrogen

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