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Reproductive System Flashcards

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Gonads

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Where gametes are made

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Genitalia

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internal and external reproductive organs

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Spermatogenesis

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Takes place in gonads (testes) to produce sperm and testosterone

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Testicular Thermoregulation

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Cremaster muscle (draws testes to body) and Dartos muscle (wrinkles scrotal)

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Seminiferous tubules

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Separated by septum and produce spermatozoa

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Cowper’s Gland

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produces pre-ejaculation that lubricates the urethra and neutralizes remaining acidic urine

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SEVEN UP

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Seminiferous tubules
Epididymis
Vas deferens
Ejaculatory ducts

Urethra
Penis

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Sperm vs. Semen

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Sperm: short for spermatozoa, haploid gamete that fertilizes eggs
Semen: alkaline nutrient filled liquid, carries sperm through reproductive tract

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9
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Azoosperma

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Semen containing no sperm

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Epidiymis

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sperm mature

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Leydig cells

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produce androgens

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Sertoli cells

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support spermatogenesis

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Bulbourethal glands

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produce pre-ejaculate

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Seminal vesicles

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secrete nutrients into seminal fluid

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seminiferous tubules

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site of spermatogenesis

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16
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Female internal reproductive organs

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Fallopian tube, uterus, cervix, vagina, ovary

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Female external reproductive organs

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Vulva: labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, and vagina

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Oogenesis

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Production of female gametes

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Ovaries produce

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Estrogen and progesterone

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Layers of uterus

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Inner: endometrium
Middle: Myometrium
Outer: Perimetrium

21
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Order of becoming motile sperm

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Stem cell
spermatogonia 
primary 
secondary 
spermatids 
spermatozoa
22
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Spermatogenesis occurs in the …

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Seminiferous tubules

23
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Until puberty, what stage is arrested in oogenesis?

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Prophase I

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Order of development of female gamete

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Primordial germ cells, oogonia, primary, secondary, arrest in metaphase II, fertilized ovum

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