Reproductive 2 Flashcards

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Female sex cells

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Ova

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2
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What hormones are produced in the ovaries?

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Estrogen and progesterone

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3
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Accessory organs of female reproductive system

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Ducts: uterine tubes, uterus, vagina
Accessory glands: bartholin’s glands and breasts
External genitals: vulva

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4
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Basic unit of female reproductive system

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Ovarian follicle

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5
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How many ovarian follicles does a newborn girl have

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About 1 million

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6
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Most immature stage of a female sex cell

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Oocyte

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7
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Ovarian follicles contain what at birth?

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Oocytes

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8
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An Oocyte develops into a what around the time that a female reaches puberty?

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Primary follicle

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9
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About how many primary follicles does a girl have at puberty

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400000

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10
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Each primary follicle is surrounded by

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Granulosa cells

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11
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About how many primary follicles develop into mature follicles in an adult woman

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350-500

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12
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A primary follicle eventually develops into its latets stage, a

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Mature follicle

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13
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A mature follicle is sometimes called

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A graffian follicle

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14
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A hollow chamber that appears as the Oocyte matures and the granulosa cell layer thickens

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Antrum

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15
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The development of the Antrim results in the formation of

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A secondary follicle

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16
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After ovulation, the ruptured follicle is transformed into a glandular structure called the

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Corpus luteum

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17
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Corpus luteum is from the Latin word meaning

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Yellow body

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18
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The production of female sex cells is called

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Oogenesis

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19
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After meiosis occurs, four sex cells are made. One is called what? The other three are called what?

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Ovum and polar bodies

20
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The granulosa cells surrounding the Oocyte secrete what?

21
Q

The corpus luteum secretes

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Primarily progesterone, but some estrogen

22
Q

Sex hormone that causes the development and maintenance of the female secondary sex characteristics

23
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Functions of estrogen

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1 development and maturation of female sex organs
2 appearance of pubic hair and breast development
3 development of female boy contours
4 initiation of the first female

24
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Fallopian tubes are also called

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Uterine tubes and oviducts

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The Fallopian tubes begin with extended, funnel-shaped and fringe like projection called
Fimbrae
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The mucosal lining the the Fallopian tubes is consistent with
The lining of the abdominal cavity, uterus, and vagina
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Two parts of the uterus
Body and cervix
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Muscle of the uterus
Myometium
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Part of the uterus above where the Fallopian tubes attach
Funds
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The uterus functions in three processes
Menstruation, pregnancy, and labor
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Mucous membrane lining of the uterus
Endometrium
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About how many days after ovulation a does the corpus luteum stop secreting hormones?
11
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What happens about 3 days after the secretion of hormones from the corpus luteum stops?
Menstruation
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When menstruation ceases
Menopause
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When an ovum implants anywhere but the uterus
Ectopic pregnancy
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Long and made mostly of smooth muscle. Part of the female reproductive tract that opens to the exterior
Vagina
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Bartholin's glands are also called
Greater vestibular gland
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Secretes mucous like fluid and open between the Lanka minors and vaginal ordice
Bartholin's glands
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Space between the labia minors and vaginal orifice
Vestibule
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Each lobe of the breast contains
Lobules
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Each lobule consists of
Milk secreting glandular cells
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Milk secreting cells are arrange in grape like clusters called
Alveoli
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Drain alveoli and converge toward nipples
Lactiferous ducts
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Colors are around a nipple
Areola
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Essential female sex organ
Ovaries