FEMALE AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

What are the male gametes?

Sperm

What is the function of the vas deferens?

Where sperm travels through from the testicle to the urethra

What does the urethra do?

Connects the bladder to the outside of the body?

What is the function of the prostate?

nourish sperm and increase motility

What do the testicles do?

They produce sperm and testosterone

What is the function of the scrotum?

The skin that contains the testicles.

Where is sperm produced in the testes?

In the seminiferous tubules.

What are the male gonads?

The testicles

What are the female gonads?

Ovaries

What are the female gametes?

Ova/eggs

Where are the eggs produced?

The ovaries.

What is the purpose of the fallopian tubes?

Site of fertilization and connects the ovaries to the uterus.

What is the vagina?

The canal connecting the outside of the body to the cervix.

What stimulates puberty?

Gonadotropin

What is FHS?

Follicle-stimulating hormone signals sperm production and follicle growth AKA egg production.

What is LH?

Luteinizing hormone which signals the release of testosterone to produce sperm cells and ovulation

What does an empty mature follicle do?

produce progesterone preparing the endometrium for implantation

What is an empty mature follicle called?

Corpus luteum

What is the inner layer of the testes calles?

Tunica albuginea

What is the outer layer of the testes called?

Tunica vaginalis

Where are the seminiferous tubules located?

In the testes in lobules.

Where does sperm mature?

The epididymis

What do the seminal glands do?

Produce fluid that turns into semen, fluid does not have sperm in it.

What do the bulbourethral glands do?

discharges a fluid to lubricate the glans penis

What gives blood supply to the ovaries?

The ovarian arteries.

What is the antrium?

A fluid-filled cavity in the vesicular follicle

What does the vesicular follicle do?

Merges with the outside of the fallopian tubes to enter for fertilization.

What is the mons pubis?

fatty tussye protecting the pubic bone

What is the labia minor?

thinner inner fold inside the labia major that has no hair

What is the labia major?

Outter thick tissue protecting the internal structure and has sweat and oil glands

Does the anterior or posterior pituitary produces hormones?

Anterior

What is oxytocin and where is it secreted from?

Hormone to eject milk to the breast and contractions, released from the posterior pituitary

What is prolactin?

Stimulates milk production in the mammary glands

What cells produce testosterone?

Interstitial cells

What does estrogen do?

stimulation by the secretion of FSH which stimulates the maturation of a follicle that regenerates/forms the uterine lining