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Chapter 19 health!!!
Reproductive system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |