Reproductive System Flashcards
Secondary sex organs make one attractive to the opposite sex.
false
What produces progesterone in the ovarian cycle?
corpus luteum
What causes an undifferentiated embryo to develop male reproductive organs?
y chromosome
What in the male is a homologous organ to the ovary in the female?
testes
Mullerian and Wolffian ducts are present in male and female undifferentiated embryos.
true
What hormone stimulates ovulation?
LH
In meiosis 1 and 2 in females what cell degenerates and dies?
polar body
One primary spermatocyte produces how many spermatids?
four
primary sex organs in the male
testes
____ contain the ductus deferens and neurovascular structures.
spermatic cords
The corpus luteum produces _____.
estrogen and progesterone
structures that support reproductive functions
secondary sex organs
small non-functioning structures produced by the 1st & 2nd meiotic divisions
polar bodies
____ are often culturally determined
secondary sex characteristics
scrotal muscle that pulls the scrotum toward the body
cremasteric