Reproductive System Flashcards
Funcitons of reproductive system
Production of gametes
Fertilization
Development and norusihment of a new individual
Production of reproductive hormones
Male gamete
Sperm cells
Female gametes
Oocytes or egg cells
Fertilization site
Fallopian tube
Hormone for female
Progesterone and estrogen
Male hormone
Testosterone
Produce gametes and secretes sex hormones
Gonads
Gonads of male and female
Ovaries and testes
Reproductive system conssits of what structures
Gonads
Ducts
Glands
Supporting structures
Sutdy of female reproductive system
Gynecology
Study of urinary and male reproductive system
Urology
Sac of loose skin, fascia, smooth muscle. Divided into two pouches by a septum
Scrotum
Function of scrotum
Temprature regulator
Soerm survies in what degrees
2-3 degrees lower temp that core body temp
Oute muscle of the scrotum
Dartos muscle
Extensions of abdominal muscles into the scrotum
Cremaster muscles
When temp increase what halpens to dartos and cremaster muscles
Relax
Sperm cells are very
Temperature sensitive
Paired of oval glands wihtin the scrotum
Testes
Exocrine funciton of testes
Sperm
Endocrine funciton of testes
Testosterone
Outer thick dense white capsule
Tunica albuginea
Speta form 300 to 400 compartments called
Lobules
Each lobule is filled with
2 or 3 seminiferous tubules
Failure of one or both of the testes to descend into the scrotum
Cryptorchidism
Site of sperm cell production and dcelopment
Smeiniferous tubules
Endocrine cells located between tubules and secretes testosterone
Interstitial leydig cells
Extend from basement membrane to lumen
Sertoli cells
Sertori cells form
Blood testis barrier
Sertoli cells secretes what which slows down sperm production
Inhibin
Seminiferous tubules empty into this set of short staight tubules
Tubuli recti
Tubuli recti empty into thus tubular network called
Rete testis
Empties into 15-20 tubules called
Efferent ductules
Near the periphery
Spermatogonia
This cells are near the kumen of the smeinferous tubules
Mature cells
Sperm cell path way
Seminiferous tubulues-tubuli recti-rete tesits-efferent ductules-epididymis-ducto of epididymis-ductus deferens
Spermatogenic life chcle
Spermatogonium-primary spermatocyte-secondary spermatocyte-early spermatid-later spermatid-soerm cells
Comma shaped structure containing tightly coiled series of threadliek tubulues
Epididymis and vas deferens
Days of travel of sperm through the epididymis
12 to 16
Spermatic cord
Vas deferens
Testicular artery
Venous plexus
Lymphatuc vessels
End of vas deferens
Ampulla
Soerm forming cells go through two
Meiotic division
Cells that give rise to sperm cells
Spermatogonia
Spermatogonia is divided by
Mitosis
Rimary spermatocyte underrgoes
Firs tmeiotic division
Secodnary spermatocytes has how many chormosomes
23
Formed by the second meiotic division of secondary spermatocyte
Spermatids
Differentiated spermatids
Sperm cells
This maintian the blood testis barrier
Sustentacular cells
Paired organs each one is enclosed in a fibrous white capsule of dense connective tissue
Testes
Dense connective tissue in testes
Tunica albuginea
Seminferous tubules consists of what kind of epithelium
Stratified
Proximal tot he basement membrane and contain oval or spehrical nuclei
Spermatogonia
Characterized by highly condense chromoseome givng the nucleus a coarse chromatin pattern
Primary spermatocytes
Soherical cells with interphase nuclei positioned high int he eptihelium
Spermatids
Progeny cells remain attached to each other by what
Ctoplasmic bridges
Epididymis compsots of three parts
Caput
Corpora
Cauda
Spermatozoa are stored here while they undergo maturation
Epididymis
Long nonmotile microvili to increase absorptive secretive surface of this epithelium
Stereocilia
What type of epithelium contains stereocilia
Pseudostratified stereociliated columnar epithelium
Contains enzymes that help in penetrating the egg
Acrosome
Head or acrosome contains
Dna
The midpiece of a sperm contains what
Mitochondria
Purpose of flagellum
Locomotion
Hypothalamus secretes this as a first part of hormonal control of male physiology
Gonadotropin releasing hormone
Gnrh activates what to produce LH and FSH
Anterior pituitary gland
FSH produce what type of cells
Sertoli cells
Help form the blood tetis barrier and contain FSH receptors on its membranes
Sertoli cells
FSH cause sertoli cells to lroduce what?
Androgen binding protein and inhibin
LH causes interstitial and leydig cells secrete?
Testosterone