TEAS A&P Reproductive System

Reproductive System

Collection of organs and glands that work together to produce offspring and a network of hormones that allow conception and pregnancy

Male Reproductive System

Testes

Female reproductive system

Ovaries

Sperm + Egg= ?

Zygote

Testes

Produce testosterone and sperm

What three reproductive organs are held in the scrotum?

Testes, epidemis and lower part of the spermatic cord

Seminal Glands

Produce fluid that will turn into semen

Prostate

Produces fluid for semen and surrounds urethra

Bulbourethral Gland

Discharges a component of seminal fluid into the urethra that lubricate the glans penis

Oogenesis

Process of female gamete formation, production of 1 haploid egg and 2 polar bodies from a single diploid cell

Ovaries

Produce eggs through oogenesis and secrete estrogen and progesterone

Fallopian Tubes

Bilateral conduits between ovaries and the uterus

Uterus

Hormone responsive sex organ that is responsible for gestation, menstruation and labor

Cervix

Lower, narrow end of the uterus that connects uterus to vagina

Vagina

Muscular copulatory canal that goes from the uterus to the outside of the body

Vulva

external female genitalia

Mons Pubis

Area of fatty tissue that covers the pubic bone

Labia Majora

Fleshy folds of the tissue that extend down from the mons pubis to merge with the skin of the perineum

Labia Minora

Two inner folds of the skin that surround thw opening of the vaginal vestibule

Vestibule

Space between labia minora that houses the urethral orifice and vaginal orifice

Urethral Orifice

opening which urine is discharged from the body

Vaginal Orifice

slit below and behind the urethra for menstrual flow and childbirth

GnRH

released by the hypothalamus; triggers the anterior pituitary to release FSH and LH

FSH

stimulates oocyte maturation in females and spermatogenesis in males

Luteinizing Hormone

Triggers ovulation in females and produces testosterone in males

Estrogen

Repairs endometrium

Progesterone

maintains endometrium for pregnancy