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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Testicle | Where sperm are produced |
| Scrotum | Sac which helps to hold reproductive organs at temperature necessary for sperm to produce |
| Vas deferens | Passageway for sperm from area of production to storage for ejaculation. The passageway is lined with cilia... |
| Seminal Vesicle | Storage area for sperm for up to about 3 weeks. |
| Bladder | Where urine is stored |
| Prostate | Produces milky white fluid, which combines with sperm to make semen |
| Cowper’s gland | Releases a clear sticky fluid to rinse urine from the male’s uretha. |
| Uretha | Passageway for urine and semen in the male. |
| Penis | Shaft made of cartilage with three large blood vessels, which fill to cause an erection. |
| Foreskin | Thin piece of tissue once removed (circumcision) routinely to prevent infection |
| Anus | The external opening of the rectum. |
| Ovum | About the size of a pencil point, the female is born with these eggs and upon puberty will begin to release one at a time. |
| Ovary | Storage area for eggs; 400-500 will ripen and release over a women’s lifetime. |
| fallopian tube | Passageway for egg from storage to uterus. It is lined with cilia. |
| Uterus | Sometimes called the “womb”, this fist size thick muscular organ is where a baby will grow and from which menstruation occurs. |
| Cervix | Mucus membrane at the base of the uterus which coats the vagina to help cleanse, and prepare for sexual intercourse, and the birth of a baby. Common place for infection. |
| vagina | 3-4 inch muscular tube which can expand quite well for the birth of the baby or for sexual intercourse. |
| Hymen | Thin piece of tissue present at birth which partially covers the opening to the vagina. |
| Inner labia | Folds of tissue, which help protect the female reproductive organs |
| Bladder | Where urine is stored |
| Clitoris | Sexually sensitive piece of tissue in the female. |
| Anus | The external opening of the rectum. |