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RTE 2712 Wk 2
Reproductive system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ductus deferens | Conducts sperm outward, within spermatic cord |
| Endometrium | Wall component, lining of cavity |
| Estrogens | A class of steroid sex hormones that includes estradiol |
| Lactation | Production of milk by the mammary glands |
| Meiosis | Cell division that produces gametes with half the normal somatic chromosome complement |
| Menses | The monthly loss of blood and endometrial tissue from the female productive tract |
| oogenesis | Ovum production |
| Ovarian follicles | Sites of both oocyte growth and meiosis I of oogenesis. |
| Ovary | The female gonads, reproductive organs that produce gametes |
| Ovulation | The release of a secondary oocyte. |
| Perineum | The Pelvic floor and associated structures |
| Prepuce | Loose fold or skin that surrounds the glans penis in males or the clitoris in females |
| progesterone | The most important progestin secreted by the corpus luteum following ovulation |
| Seminiferous tubules | Distributed among the lobules are approx 800 slender tightly coiled |
| Spermatogenesis | Sperm production |
| Spermatoza | Sperm cells |
| Testes | The male gonads, site of gamete production and hormone secretion |
| Testosterone | The principal androgen produced by the interstitial cells of the testes |
| Vulva | The perineal region enclosing the female external genitalia |
| Gonads | Testes in males, ovaries in females (repro organs) |
| Gametes | Spermatazoa in males, ova in females (repro cells) |
| Fertilization | Fusion of male and female gamete |
| Zygote | Fertilized egg |
| Testes | Enclosed by scrotum, produce spermatazoa (sperm) |
| Epididymis | Stores sperm |
| Ductus deferens | Conducts sperm outward, within spermatic cord |
| Male accessory organs | Seminal vesicle, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands |
| Urethra | Within penis, an erectile organ |
| Primary sex organ in males, Hang within scrotum | Testes |
| Cremaster muscle | lifts testis toward body |
| Tunica albuginea | encloses testis |
| Gametes | Reproductive cells |
| Gonads | Reproductive organs |
| Interstitial cells | production of androgens |
| Seminal glands | High concentration of fructose |
| Prostate glands | secretes antibotic |
| Bulbo-urethral glands | secretes thick, sticky, alkaline mucus |
| Prepuce | foreskin of penis |
| corpus luteum | endocrine structure |
| Endometrium | Uterine lining |
| Myometrium | Outer muscular uterine wall |
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation |
| Menarche | female puberty |
| Clitoris | female erectile tissue |
| Laction | Milk production |
| Coitus | Sexual intercourse |
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