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Reproductive System

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What is reproduction?   It is the process by which living things produces new individuals of their own kind  
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Why is reproduction important?   To insure the continuation of species, without it humans would no longer exist.  
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List the 4 functions of the repro. system   It releases, nourishes, produces and stores sex cells  
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Why are sex cells different from other cells?   because they only contain 23 chomosomes when a normal cell would have 46  
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What is the male sex cell called?   Sperm  
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What is the female sex cell called?   Egg  
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What is fertilization?   The joining of an egg NUCLEUS and a sperm NUCLEUS each containing 23 chromosomes the result is 1 fertilized egg (containing 46 chromosomes)  
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Testies   Primary male reproductive organ. Produces testosterone. Produces sperm  
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Uthera   Tube that leads to the outside of the body through the penis  
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Ovary   Primary female repro. organ, produces and stores eggs. produces estrosgerone  
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Fallopian Tube AKA_______   AKA oviduct. Tube structure lined with mucas. located near each ovary. transports egg to uterus  
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Uterus AKA______   AKA vagina. hollow muscular organ where and egg can develope  
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Cervix   Lower end of the uterus that opens to the vagina  
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Vagina AKA   Birth Cana. Passageway through which baby passes durring the birth process.  
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What is the menstrual cycle?   The monthly cycle of change that occurs in the female repro. system.controlled by hormones and lasts for 28 days  
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What is the purpose of the menstrual cycle?   To reproduce and release a mature egg  
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What is ovulation?   This a time when an egg can be fertilized by a sperm  
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Explain mensturation   The period, where extra blood flushes out of the body; lasts appx. 5 days  
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