The reproductive system

Question 1

Pertaining to or relating to reproduction

Answer 1

Reproductive

Question 2

What makes up the female reproductive system

Answer 2

-Ovaries
-Fallopian tubes
-Uterus
-Vagina
-External genitalia
-Mammary glands

Question 3

Essential organ responsible for releasing and storying the ovum (egg) and producing hormones necessary for fertility, menstruation, and pregnancy.
-Female gonads
-Hormones secreted are estrogen and progesterone

Answer 3

Ovaries

Question 4

Located below the fallopian tubes and next to the uterus.
-Ovarian follicles: small sacs in the ovaries that hold immature eggs
-During menstrual cycle, follicles mature and an egg is released
-Egg then travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus

Answer 4

Ovaries

Question 5

Muscular tube extending from the uterus to the ovaries.
-Site of ovum fertilization
-Transport fertilized egg to the uterus after fertilization

Answer 5

Fallopian tubes (uterine tubes)

Question 6

Muscular, hollow organ where a fertilized egg implants during pregnancy
-Located behind the urinary bladder in the pelvic cavity
- If fertilized egg implants properly, fetus will grow in the uterus
-If not, endometrial lining is shed

Answer 6

Uterus

Question 7

-Fundus
-Body
-Cervix

Answer 7

Uterine divisions
-Prominence on the superior aspect of the uterus
-Main portion connected to the fallopian tubes
-Inferior, narrow portion between the uterus and the vagina

Question 8

What are the layers of the uterus?
-Deepest layer; mucous membrane
-Middle muscle layer
-Superficial serous layer

Answer 8

-Endometrium
-Myometrium
-Perimetrium

Question 9

Muscular tube leading from the uterus out of the body
-Posterior to the urinary bladder and urethra in the pelvic cavity
-Passageway for childbirth and for sperm to reach eggs

Answer 9

Vagina

Question 10

External genitalia:
1. Adipose tissue anterior to the pubic symphysis
2. Skin fold extending from #1
3. Skin folds between #2
4.

Answer 10

1. Mons pubis
2. Labia majora
3. Labia minora
4. Urinary meatus

Question 11

Function in producing mild postpartum.
-Similar to apocrine glands
-Dynamic structure
-Controlled by the pituitary gland

Answer 11

Mammary glands

Question 12

What makes up the male reproductive system?

Answer 12

-Testes
-Scrotum
-Spermatic ducts
-Urethra
-Prostate gland
-Penis

Question 13

Essential organ responsible for secretion of testosterone and production of sperm (spermatogenesis).
-Located in the scrotum (pouch like accessory organ suspended outside the body cavity)
-Each testis is considered to be a gland

Answer 13

Testes

Question 14

Tightly coiled tube superior and posterior to the testes in the scrotum responsible for storing sperm cells.
reproductive ducts

Answer 14

Epididymis

Question 15

Muscular tibe responsible for transporting sperm from the epididymis to the urethra

Answer 15

Vas defrens (spermatic ducts, ductus deferens)

Question 16

Pouches that attach to the vas deferens responsible for providing sperm with energy

Answer 16

Seminal vesicles

Question 17

Duct formed by the vas deferens and the seminal vesicles

Answer 17

Ejaculatory duct

Question 18

Passageway for sperm to exit

Answer 18

Urethra

Question 19

Gland that produces and secretes seminal fluid.
-Inferior to the bladder
-Shaped like a donut
-Urethra passes through the center

Answer 19

Prostate gland