Science Endocrine Gland And Reproductive System Flashcards
What is the ovary?
The ovary is where the eggs are produced
What is a follicle?
Where the immature eggs are located (site of immature eggs)
What is the Fallopian tube?
Where the eggs travel through to the uterus
What is a uterus
A hollow muscular organ in which the embryo develops
What is the uterus lining
It is prepared to receive the fertilized egg by building up its lining with nurturing tissues and blood vessels
What is the cervix?
Provides a passageway for the sperm to the uterus and is the opening of the uterus
The average menstrual cycle with no fertilization takes how many days?
28 days?
What change takes place during the menstrual cycle from day 1-14 (unfertilized egg in ovary)
The egg deteriorate and leaves with the blood
What change takes place during the menstrual cycle from day 1-14 (uterus lining)
Starts to shed as well
What change takes place during the menstrual cycle from day 5-13 (unfertilized egg in ovary)
Starts to develop and mature
What change takes place during the menstrual cycle from day 5-13 (uterus lining)
It is going to thicken
What happens to the egg during the menstrual cycle on day 14?
The egg leaves the ovaries (ovulation)
What change takes place to an egg from day 15-28 if no fertilization occurs
The egg leaves the ovaries and travel to the Fallopian tube and to the uterus
What change takes place to an egg from day 15-21 if fertilization does occur
It under goes rapid mitosis and turns into embryo and implantation occurs
What happens to a egg from day 21-266 if fertilization does occur?
A fetus starts to develop in the uterus until it come out
Why does the females need a thick uterus lining if fertilization does occur?
Fertilization needs a lot of blood so the uterus thickens
Why does the female no longer need a thick uterus lining if fertilization does not occur?
So it could get ready for eggs to come and the cycle comes again
What does the endocrine system, regulate, coordinate and control?
Growth and development, male and female development, how your body uses energy, level of salt and sugar in your blood, amount of fluid in your blood, appetite
What are the endocrine glands?
They are the organs of the endocrine system, they produce and secrete hormones
What are hormones?
They are chemical messengers that are secreted(released) from glands into the blood and affect cells in another part of the body