Health- Sexuality unit test vocab

Reproductive parts and functions, male and female

Uterus

* Holds growing baby
* Contracts during labor
* Sheds lining during menstruation

Ovary

* Stores eggs
* Produces sex hormones 

Cervix

* Separates uterus from vagina
* Creates seal when woman is pregnant to protect fetus
* Produces fluid to allow sperm to pass

Vagina

* Passage for baby to come out 
* Produces fluid to clean and lubricate itself 
* Passage for period to exit body

Bladder

* Holds urine

Urethra

* Urine goes through from bladder(both)


* Carries sperm(male only)

Fallopian tube 

* transports egg 
* Where egg is fertilized

Clitoris

Sensitive due to many nerve endings

Fimbriae

* Draws the egg out of the ovary

Seminal vesicle 

* Adds sugar to semen to nourish sperm

Prostate

* Adds fluid to the sperm to make semen 

Cowper's gland

Sends fluid through urethra with cleaning chemicals

Epidermis

* Draws sperm out of the testicles 
* Allows sperm to mature 

Vas deferens

* Carries sperm from testicle to urethra 

Testicle

* Produces sperm and sex hormones 

Scrotum 

* Holds testicles and regulates their temperature