Reproduction Flashcards
Name the five mail accessory sex organs
Epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, and ejaculatory duct
What two things do mail embryos secrete and what is the result
The testes secrete testosterone and mullerian inhibition factor. MIF causes degeneration of female accessory sex organs and testosterone promotes the formation of male accessory sex organs
Name the two female accessory sex organs
Uterus and uterine tubes
What’s what stimulates the formation of male external genitalia and male accessory sex organs
Testosterone
Name the two hormones that the gonads are stimulated by where these are secreted from what stimulates these hormones and where is that secreted from and what feedback loop acts on this pathway
FSH and LH are secreted from the anterior pituitary. Your stimulated by GnRH which is secreted from the hypothalamus. FSH and LH or negatively controlled by the gonads via gonadal steroid hormones and inhibin
Sperm and ovum each contribute how many chromosomes to the zygote which eventually has how many
Sperm and ovum each 23. Zygote 46
X chromosomes have how many jeans while Y chromosomes have how many jeans
1090 for x 80 for y
What happens to the second x chromosome for females
It becomes inactive and produces a bar body
Age of average female purity and age of average male puberty
Female – 8-14
Male- 10-16
What are the two compartments of the testes
Seminiferous tubule’s and interstitial tissue
Describe what happens in the seminiferous tubules
Spermatogenesis occurs as a result of the FSH receptors on the Sertoli cells
Describe what happened in the interstitial tissue
Leydig cells make testosterone as a result of LH stimulation
What is LH inhibited by what is FSH inhibited by
LH is inhibited by testosterone FSH is inhibited by testosterone and inhibin
What happened to testosterone once it is in the brain
It is converted to DHT by five alpha reductase. Or estradiol by aromatase
Describe the phases of erection and ejaculation
Parasympathetic innervation results and increase nitric oxide and relaxing smooth muscle dilating arterioles producing erection. Sympathetic innervation causes contraction of smooth muscles producing ejaculation