REPRODUCTION Flashcards
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES PROLIFERATION PHASE?
ESTROGEN FROM DEVELOPING FOLLICLE
MENSTRUATION CAUSES
-controlled by hormones dictated by ovarian cycle
-lining built up, and if pregnancy does not occur it is ready to be shed
WHAT HORMONE STIMULATES FOLLICULAR PHASE?
FSH
EPITHELIAL OF REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
ENDOMETRIUM - SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM WITH LAMINA PROPRIA
1. Functional Layer - shed during menstruation
2. Basal Layer - form new functional layer after menustration
SCROTUM
-2 chambers separated by RAPHE
TUNICA VAGINALIS
-membrane lining scrotal cavity and reduces friction
DARTOS MUSCLE
- gives scrotum wrinkled tone
CREMASTER MUSCLE
-skeletal muscle which contracts when activeT
TESTES
-septa divides testes into lobules
-lobules contain 800 ducts where sperm is produced (seminiferous tubules)
-interstitial cells in spaces - produce androgens
EPIDIDYMIS
-coiled tube on posterior of testes
-monitors fluid
-recycles damaged spermatoza
-stores spermatoza
DUCTUS DEFERNS
-moves fluid through duct
-transports sperm cells from epididymus to ejaculatory duct
BULBO-URETHRAL GLANDS
-mucous glands secreting thick alkaline mucous
-secretions neutralize urinary acids remaining in uretha and lubricate penis
SEMEN CONTENTS
-spermatozoa
-seminal fluid
-enzymes
MALE REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES
-gnRH = stimulates adenohypophysis to secrete LH and FSH
FSH = promotes spermatogenesis
LH = induces secretion of androgens (testosterone)