Male and Female Reproductive Systems Notes (copy)

seminiferous tubules produces

mature cells which filter through the efferent ductules and epididymis to the vas deferens

speratozoan means

mature sperm cell

the midpiece is filled with

mitochondria which produces the ATP energy needed to move the tail of the sperm

the head of a sperm cell is made

of nucleus (DNA)

the acrosome protects the

head of sperm

when a fetus is 8 weeks old,

the testis are pulled into the scrotum across the the pubic bone

in one monthly cycle,

a primary follicle enlarges, becomes a secondary follicle and then a mature follicle, releases an oocyte, and becomes a corpus luteum, which degenerates into a corpus albicans at the end of the cycle

the support of the uterus, bladder, and other pelvic organs depends on the

tone of the pelvic floor muscles