The Reproductive System

Question 1

Where fertilization occurs

Answer 1

fallopian tube

Question 2

product of meiosis

Answer 2

sex cells (sperm, egg)
haploid/23 chromosomes

Question 3

where implantation occurs

Answer 3

uterus

Question 4

average length of a menstrual cycle in days

Answer 4

28 days

Question 5

what stimulates growth of follicles in the ovaries

Answer 5

FSH or follicle stimulating hormone

Question 6

what does LH stimulate?

Answer 6

the development of corpus luteum

Question 7

what does the corpus luteum secrete?

Answer 7

progesterone

Question 8

what is the main function of progesterone

Answer 8

to keep uterine lining intact to support developing embryo (if no corpus luteum = menstruation)

Question 9

a fully degenerated corpus luteum turns into the …

Answer 9

corpus albicans

Question 10

what does the prostate gland secrete

Answer 10

alkaline fluid to protect sperm from acidic nature of vagina

Question 11

what does the seminal vesicles secrete?

Answer 11

fructose for energy for the sperm

Question 12

what makes up semen

Answer 12

alkaline fluid, fructose, and sperm

Question 13

spermatogenesis

Answer 13

the generation of sperm

Question 14

oogenesis

Answer 14

the generation of oocyte or eggs

Question 15

what is hCG?

Answer 15

• human chorionic gonadotropin hormone
• stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone (replaces LH eventually, once placenta is developed),
• what we detect to see if a woman is pregnant

Question 16

embryonic period

Answer 16

3 to 8 weeks of gestation
when organ systems begin to develop

Question 17

second trimester of pregnancy

Answer 17

fetal heart tones
sex of baby
lungs respire

Question 18

phenotype

Answer 18

visible characteristics

Question 19

genotype

Answer 19

the genetics that make up the observable characteristics

Question 20

recessive traits

Answer 20

both alleles have to be present in order for the trait to be expressed or seen

Ex: bb = blue eyes