Quiz Ch. 27 Male Reproductive System Key Terms #1

are the male gonads and there is a lt and a rt.

testes

is a cell that results from the division of spermatogonium and undergoes meiosis I and meiosis II to form spermatids.

spermatocyte

is a diploid precursor cell that will become a sperm.

spermatogonium

New sperm formation is known as

spermatogenesis

The vas deferens are contained within the________which is a bundle of nerves and blood vessels that supply the testes.

spermatic cord

is an immature sperm cell produced by meiosis II of secondary spermatocytes.

spermatid

is the life stage during which a female or male adolescent becomes anatomically and physiologically capable of reproduction.

puberty

is the transformation of spermatids to spermatozoa during spermatogenesis.

spermiogenesis

is the ejaculatory fluid composed of sperm and secretions from the seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands.

semen

The external pouch of skin and muscle that holds and contains the testes is the

scrotum

is the type of cell division of the germ cells that results in haploid gametes, resulting in a separation of chromosome pairs.

meiosis

The doughnut-shaped gland at the base of the bladder that surrounds the urethra and contributes fluid to semen during ejaculation is the

prostate gland

Spermatogenesis occurs in the

seminiferous tubules

The male gamete is______, AKA spermatozoon.

sperm

is a haploid cell that contributes genetic material to form an offspring.

gamete