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Reproductive System

1
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System responsible for producing Oocytes

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Female Reproductive System

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2
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Organs of Female Reproductive System

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Ovaries, Oviducts, Uterus, Cervix, Vagina, Vulva

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3
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Primary female sex organs that produces ovum and several steroid hormones

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Ovaries

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4
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Layers of Ovary

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Germinal Epithelium
T. albuginea
Stroma (medulla & cortex)

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5
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Large fluid-filled follicle that ruptures to release the secondary oocyte

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Graafian Follicle

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6
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Process called in the releasing of Secondary Oocyte from the Graafian follicle

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Ovulation

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7
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Remnant of the ruptured follicle that produces progesterone, estrogen, and relaxin

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Corpus Luteum

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8
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Scar like tissue that has degenerated

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Corpus Albicans

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9
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Process of forming oogonia

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Oogenesis

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10
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How many oogonia does a woman produce in her lifetime

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400 mature over a woman’s lifetime

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11
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Primary oocyte and single layer of follicular cells

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Primordial Follicle

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12
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2 cells that forms two layers of Ovarian stroma

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Theca interna (secretes hormone)
Theca externa (connective tissue)

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13
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Follicle Development

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Primordial Follicle
Primary Follicle
Secondary Follicle
Graafian Follicle
Corpus Luteum

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14
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this follicle is one layer of squamous like follicles that surrounds the oocyte

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Primordial Follicle

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15
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This follicle is two or more layers of cuboidal granulosa cells that encloses the oocyte

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Primary Follicle

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16
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This follicle contains fluid-filled space between granulosa cells that coalesces to form a central antrum

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Secondary Follicle

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17
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Secondary follicle at its most mature stage that bulges from surface of ovary

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Graafian Follicle

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18
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What hormone is secreted by the corpus luteum to maintain the wall of uterus during early period of development

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Progesterone

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19
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This structure receives the ovulated oocyte and provides site of fertilization

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Uterine Tube

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20
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Finger-like projections of infundibulum

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Fimbriae

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21
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Organ that is about the shape and size of an inverted Pear

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Uterus

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22
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Segments of Uterus

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Fundus (Domed upper portion)
Body (Main portion)
Cervix (Narrow lower section)

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Layers of the Uterus

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Endometrium
Myometrium
Perimetrium

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24
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What is the epithelia lining of Endometrium

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Simple Columnar Epithelium

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25
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2 layers of Endometrium

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Stratum functionalis and Stratum basalis

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26
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What layer of endometrium is shed during menstruation

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S. functionalis

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27
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How many layers of smooth muscle does Myometrium have

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3 layers of smooth muscle

28
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Visceral Peritoneum of Uterus

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Perimetrium

29
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What layer of endometrium replaces the S. functionalis each month

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S. basalis

30
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Phase in endometrium where glands and blood vessels scatters throughout the functional zone

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Proliferative Phase

31
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Phase in endometrium where glands are enlarged and have branches preparing endometrium for implantation

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Secretory Phase

32
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Three coats of Vagina

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Fibroelastic Adventitia
Smooth Muscle
Stratified Squamous Mucosa

33
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What is mucosa near the vaginal orifice that forms an incomplete partition

34
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Organ known as the Birth Canal

35
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True or False, lower pH of vagina = less susceptibility to infection and less hospitable for sperm

36
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Accessory Organs of female reproductive system that are modified sweat glands; lies over the pectoralis major muscles

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Mammary Glands

37
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What ligaments of mammary gland is attached to Fascia

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Suspensory ligaments (of cooper)

38
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How many lobes are there in Mammary Glands

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15-20 lobes

39
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What system is responsible for genesis of spermatocytes and steroid hormones

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Male Reproductive System

40
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What Dense Connective Tissue capsule surrounds the testes

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T. vaginalis

41
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Thickened posterior surface of testis that forms Mediastinum testis

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T. albuginea

42
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How many pyramidal compartments (Testicular Lobules) are there

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Around 250 pyramidal compartments

43
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Structure functions particularly for spermatocytogenesis

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Seminiferous Tubules

44
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How many seminiferous tubules are in each testicle

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250 to 1000

45
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Straight tubules of Seminiferous Tubules

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Tubuli recti

46
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Tubules connecting the seminiferous tubules to an anastomosing labyrinth of epithelium-lined channels

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Tubuli recti

47
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how many dutuli efferentes connects rete testis to cephalic portion of epididymis

48
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Lining of Seminiferous Tubules

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Germinal or Seminiferous Epithelium

49
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Process of generating Spermatozoa

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Spermatogenesis

50
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Process of spermatozoa maturation

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Spermiogenesis

51
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Secondary spermatocyte containing half of the chromosomes

52
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In the Golgi phase of sperm maturation, these are small periodic granules that accumulates in Golgi complex

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Proacrosomal Granules

53
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Are elongated pyramidal cells that partially envelop cells of the spermatogenic lineage

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Sertoli Cells

54
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Are the the collective term for Tubuli recti, Rete testis, Ductuli efferentes

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Intratesticular Genital Ducts

55
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Tubuli recti empty into the ___________

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Rete testis

56
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What are the Excretory Genital Ducts in Male reproductive System

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Ductus epididymis
Ductus deferens
Urethra

57
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Single highly coiled tube of the male reproductive system

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Ductus epididymis

58
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Long, branched, and irregular microvilli in the Vas deferens

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Stereocilia

59
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Dilated region of ductus deferens before entering the Prostate

60
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Accessory Genital Glands of Male

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Seminal Vesicle
Prostate Gland
Bulbourethral Gland

61
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2 tissues of the penis

A

Corpus cavernosum
Corpus spongiosum

62
Q

End part of the Penis

A

Glans penis

63
Q

Lining of the Penile urethra

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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium (becomes stratified squamous when it reaches external urethral orifice)

64
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What mucus secreting glands is found throughout the length of penile urethra

A

Glands of littre

65
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What is the retractile fold of skin that contains connective tissue with smooth muscle inside

66
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What is the Dense Connective tissue covering the Corpora cavernosa

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Tunica albuginea

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