Reproductive Systems
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30 Terms
What is this?
Bladder
What is this?
Prostate
What is the function of prostate?
rising pH of the vagina, produces prostaglandins, regulating inflammation, pain, and stimulating uterine contractions
What is this?
urethra
What is this?
testis
What is the function of testis?
Produce sperm and testosterone
What is this?
seminal vesicles
what is the function of seminal vesicles?
contributes to the production of fructose, needed by sperm
What is this?
cowper’s gland
what is the function of cowper’s gland?
secretes mucus to clean out the urethera
What is this?
vas deferens
What is the function of vas deferens?
stores sperm
What is the function of seminiferous tubules?
Makes non-motile sperm
What is the epididymus?
it stores sperm
What is the acrosome?
contains enzymes that allow the sperm to drill through the egg
What is in the midpiece of sperm?
Mitochondria
What makes up seminal fluid?
prostate, Cowper’s gland, seminal vesicle
What does hypothalamus produce?
It produces GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone) to signal the anterior pituitary to produce LH and FSH
What does the luteinizing hormone do?
it works on the interstitial cells, which produces testosterone
What does the follicle stimulating hormone do?
It works on the sertoli cells, stimulates the production of sperm
What is this?
ovary
What is this?
Fallopian tube, oviduct
What is this?
Cervix
What is this?
Bladder
What is this?
vagina
What is this?
uterus
What is ovulation?
egg gets release per cycle
What is the follicular phase
Where follicles mature and rupture to release an egg into the oviduct, which last for 14 days
What hormone causes the ovarian follicle to rupture?
Luteinizing hormone