Reproductive System Flashcards
Define fertilization.
The event where the nail gamete or sperm cell unites with the female gamete or secondary oocyte.
The spermatic cord is a supporting structure of the male reproductive system that ascends out of the scrotum. It includes:
The ductus (vas) deferens, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, nerves.
Which organ supports the testes; has the scrotal septum which divides it into two sacs, each containing a single testes?
The scrotum.
Which organ produces sperm within seminiferous tubules and secretes male sex hormone testosterone?
Testes.
Which organ is the site of sperm maturation, the process by which sperm acquire motility or learn how to swim and the ability to fertilize an ovum?
Epididymis.
Which organ conveys sperm during sexual arousal from the epididymis towards the urethra?
Ductus diferens.
Which organ is formed by the union of the duct from the seminal vesicles and the ampulla of the ductus diferens?
Ejaculatory ducts
Which organ serves as a passageway for both semen and urine traveling down the length of the penis?
Urethra.
Which organ produces an alkaline, viscous fluid that nourishes and activate sperm?
Hint: think sport drink with vitamins.
Seminal vesicles.
Which organ is inferior to the urinary bladder and surrounds the prostatic urethra; secretes a milky, slightly acidic fluid?
Prostate.
Which organ secretes a mucus that lubricates the end of the penis and the lining of the urethra to decrease the number of sperm damaged during ejaculation?
Bulbourethral glands.
Which organ contains the urethra; is a passageway for the ejaculator in of semen in the excretion of urine?
The penis.
Define sexual reproduction.
The process by which organisms produce offspring by making germ cells called gametes.
