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Chapter 19 health!!!
Reproductive system
Question | Answer |
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male sex hormone | Testosterone |
male reproductive cells | sperm |
two small glands that produce sperm | testes |
a tube shaped organ attached to the trunk of the body just above the testes | penis |
A thick fluid containing sperm and other secretions from the male reproductive organs | semen |
the union of a reproductive cell from a male and one from a female | fertilization |
surgical removal of the foreskin of a penis | circumcision |
a condition in which a person is unable to reproduce | sterility |
the second highest cancer found in males | prostate cancer |
90% of all testicular cancer can be cured | testicular cancer |
female reproductive cells | ova |
a muscular elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to outside of the body | vagina |
the process of releasing one mature ovum each month | ovulation |
the cell that results from the union of sperm and ovum | zygote |
the female sex glands that house the ova and produce female sex hormones | ovaries |
a small, muscular, pear- shaped organ, about the size of a fist | uterus |
neck of the uterus | cervix |
the time from the beginning of one menstrual period to the onset of the next | menstrual cycle |
the inability for a woman to become pregnant | infertility |