Glomerulus, located in the Renal _______, are high pressure __________, full of tiny holes called______
Corpusule/ capillaries/ Fenestrae
A thin walled sac that surrounds the glomerulus, and catches filtrate.
Glomerual Capsule
The renal filtrate flows into the renal _______
tubule
Where is the filtrate's content and deliver it out to the nephron
Renal Tubule
Urine is formed by 3 major actions_______ filtration, Tubular _______ and Tubular______.
glomerual, reabsorption, secretion
During Tubular reabsorption, apx _____ liters of filtrate are generated each day, but only ____ liter of urine is produced
180/1
Tubular secretion rids the body of excess _____, drugs and _____
electrolytes, histamines
Urine is composed of
95% H2O, urea, electrolytes and uric acid
The concentration of urine is regulated by what hormone?
ADH
The _____ extend directly from the hilum of the kidney and they move urine from the kidney to the bladder
ureters
The ____ is a muscular sac for temp storage of urine
bladder
What brings urine out of the bladder to void
urethra
Micturation =
Urination
The micturation Reflex is controlled by what part of the NS
parasympathetic
The voluntary and involuntary part of micturation is due to the internal and extenal
sphincters
Reproduction is the system specialized in
reproduction
The reproduction system produces ____ hormones, and these sex hormones cause developement of secondary
sex / sex charatcteristics
Primary Male sex organ
Testes
Primary Female sex organ
Ovaries
Spermatogenesis
sperm cell development
Oogenesis
egg cell development
Sertoli cells are involved with the manufacture of
sperm
Interstitial cells are involved with the manufacture of
testosterone
Function of the testes
produce sperm cells and male sex hormones
Function of the ovaries
to produce egg cells and female sex hormones
What part of the sperm cell contains the 23 chromosomes
head
Contains the digestive enzymes neccessary for a sperm cell to penetrate an egg cell
acromsomes
OVADUCT =
FALLOPIAN TUBE
FERTILIZATION NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN THE
FALLOPIAN TUBE
Releasing hormones from the _________ (F & M)
hypothalmus
gonadotrophins LH and FSH From the (F & M)
anterior pituitary
in males LH regulates _____ production controlled by the interstital cells
testosterone
fsh in the male regulates ______ production controlled by the Sartoli cells
sperm
A tightly coiled threadlike tube that connects the ducts of the testes to the vas deferens
epididymus
a muscular tube that runs up from the scrotum into the abdominal cavity to unit the duct from the seminal vesicles
vas deferens
Its ducts connect the vas deferns to form the ejaculatory duct. They also secretes an alkalline secretion that helps regulate ph of the semen and provide nutrients
Seminal Vesicles
It secretes a milky alkaline fluid that also helps regulate the ph of the semen
prostate gland
A pouch of skin that contains the testes
scrotum
In females LH stimulates
ovulation
In females FSH stimulates
egg developement
What female sex hormone is responsible for breast development, development of secondary sex characteristics, and calcium uptake
estrogen
What hormone, in females, promotes uterine changes during the female monthy cylcle