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Reproductive Flashcards

1
Q

Word that refers to sex glands

A

Gonad

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2
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Male and female gonads

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Testes and ovaries

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3
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2 functions of testes

A

Make testosterone

Make/store sperm

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4
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Temperature in scrotum is how much lower than body temp

A

4-7 degrees cooler

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5
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If too cool the scrotum shrinks up and pulls testicle up into body. What muscle does this

A

Cremaster muscle

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6
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In the embryo the gonads are located where

A

Near the kidneys

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7
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Testes pass thro the abdominal wall thro this

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Inguinal ring/ canal

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8
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If the inguinal ring/ canal remains large intestine can slip out causing

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A hernia

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9
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Unilateral cryporchidism and bilateral, which is fertile and sterile

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Uni- fertile

Bi- sterile

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10
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Which animals testicles hang low (long axis vertical)

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Bull and ram

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11
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Which animals testicles are held tightly in scrotum (don’t hang)

A

Pigs and cats

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12
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Mass of tubules in testicle, site of sperm production

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Seminiferous tubules

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13
Q

Sperm gathers in various ducts in the

Where they are stored, concentrated, matured

A

Epididymus

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14
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Epididymus leads to the ______ which empties into the urethra

A

Ductus deferents (vas deferens)

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15
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Testicular vein

A

Pampiniform plexus

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16
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Semen is a combination of

A

Sperm and fluid

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17
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Purpose of fluid in semen

A

Act as transport medium
Provides nutrition
Buffer against acidity of vagina

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18
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Why vaginas are acidic

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Inhibit bacterial growth

19
Q

3 main accessory sex gland

A

Seminal vesicles
Prostate
Bulbuorethral (cowpers)

20
Q

Dogs only have what accessory sex gland

A

Prostate

21
Q

The urethra is totally encircled by

A

The prostate

22
Q

Cancer, infection, or benign hypertrophy of prostate can make this difficult

A

Urination

23
Q

Animals that have a sigmoid flexure that they use to become erect

A

Bulls, pigs, rams

24
Q

Goats have a small portion of the urethra that extends past the end of the glans penis. This is called the

A

Urethral process

25
Q

This is important in locking procedure in dogs

A

Bulb of glans

26
Q

Animals w an os penis

A

Dog, raccoon, mink, beaver

27
Q

Animal w spines on penis that stimulate female

A

Cats

28
Q

Eggs are found in what layer of the ovaries (vortex or medulla)

A

Cortex

29
Q

When female egg maturation and release stops

A

Menopause

30
Q

Cells of follicles make

A

Estrogen and fluid

31
Q

Lining of uterus is called the

A

Endometrium

32
Q

What animals have a cotyledonary placenta

A

Ruminants

33
Q

In a cotyledonary placenta; name projections from uterine wall and their attachment sites

A

Caruncles, attach to projections from chorion called cotyledons

34
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Dogs and acts have what kind of placenta

A

Zonary

35
Q

Primates and rodents have what kind of placenta

A

Discoidal

36
Q

This acts as a sphincter to separate uterus from vagina

A

Cervix

37
Q

External opening of vagina

A

Vulva

38
Q

At puberty, the cells of the gonads start to to divide. These cells are called

A

Spermatogonia and oogonia

39
Q

____ duplicates DNA

_____ cuts the number of DNA in half

A

Mitosis

Meiosis

40
Q

Sex is determined by mom or dad?

A

Dad (Bc can give x or y)

41
Q

How long it takes for sperm to be made in seminiferous tubules and mature in the epididymus

A

1-2 mon

42
Q

Where the energy source (mitochondria) is located on the sperm

A

Neck

43
Q

Where the nucleus and chromosomes are located on sperm

A

The head

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