Reproductive Anatomy & Hormones Quiz

Question 1

Gonads

Answer 1

organ that makes gametes

Question 2

Ovaries

Answer 2

Female gonad where the eggs are made

Question 3

Ovum

Answer 3

The egg after it finished meiosis II and is floating in the fallopian tubes

Question 4

Sperm

Answer 4

male sex cell formed in testes

Question 5

Acrosome

Answer 5

Acrosome is the “head” of the sperm that houses enzymes that help it penetrate an egg

Question 6

Testes

Answer 6

Male gonad that forms sperm

Question 7

Scrotum

Answer 7

The pouch of skin that holds the testicles. It keeps the testes cold; sperm can’t develop at body temp.

Question 8

Seminiferous Tubule

Answer 8

Located in the testes; the sperm is produced in their falls and the fluids are rich in nutrients. Hormones are released in as well as sperm

Question 9

Semen

Answer 9

fluid that raises the pH to above 7 and produces sugar for the sperm, lubricant

Question 10

Prostate Gland

Answer 10

under bladder, make semen

Question 11

Cowpers

Answer 11

bulbourethral and seminal vesicles, make semen

Question 12

Epididymus

Answer 12

contains nutrients, sperm mature in

Question 13

vas deferens

Answer 13

muscular tube that propels the sperm towards the urethra

Question 14

Urethra

Answer 14

the tube through which urine flows and sperm/semen

Question 15

Penis

Answer 15

helps sperm get farther in

Question 16

Uterus

Answer 16

muscular sac that holds and protects the baby

Question 17

Cervix

Answer 17

bottom opening of the uterus

Question 18

Vagina

Answer 18

part of female reproductive system that leads from the uterus to the outside of the body; functions as the birth canal & passage way for menstrual flow

Question 19

Oviduct

Answer 19

fallopian tube; 10 cm long tube that carries the egg to the uterus

Question 20

Mammary gland

Answer 20

fatty tissue, sweat glands

Question 21

Hormone

Answer 21

a chemical message passed from glands in the blood

Question 22

LH

Answer 22

(Luteinizing) tells to make testosterone in males and estrogen in females

Question 23

FSH

Answer 23

(follicle) tells to make sperm in males and follicle in female

Question 24

Estrogen

Answer 24

higher lvls. trigger secondary sex traits i.e. getting fatter

triggers the thickening of endometrium

Question 25

Testosterone

Answer 25

triggers secondary sex traits i.e. hair, muscles, etc.

Question 26

Pituitary

Answer 26

gland that released hormones to gonads

Question 27

Hypothalamus

Answer 27

detects low hormone levels and triggers master gland

Question 28

Ovulation

Answer 28

Release of egg from follicle

Question 29

follicle

Answer 29

cluster of cells that surround, protect, and nourish a developing egg cell in a ovary

Question 30

corpus luteum

Answer 30

follicle after ovulation

Question 31

progesterone

Answer 31

made by corpus luteum and also estrogen which thickens lining

Question 32

menstruation

Answer 32

Period

Question 33

endometrium

Answer 33

inner lining of the uterus