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A&P2 Test 4 Vocab
Mrs Fletcher Test 4 Weatherford College
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrosome | Aids the sperm in penetrating the egg |
| Androgens | male sex hormones |
| Areolar | pigmented region surrounding the nipple of the mammary gland or breast |
| Cervix | lower 1/3rd of the uterus; portion of the uterus that extends into the vagina |
| Circumcision | removal of, at least a portion, of the foreskin |
| Clitoris | analogous to the male penis |
| Corpus Albicans | "White Body", formed if the egg is not fertilized after the corpus luteum is reabsorbed |
| Corpus Cavernosum | erectile tissue; found in the clitoirs and penis |
| Corpus hemorrhagicum | blood filled space on ruptured follicle |
| Corpus luteum | temporary gland that releases progesterone and causes the endometrium to have greater vascularization and increases the glandular activity of the endometrium |
| Corpus Sponginosum | erectile tissue, forms the head of the penis |
| Cryptorchidism | failure for teste to descend into the scrotum causing infertility due to increased tempurature. |
| Dartos Muscle | smooth muscle located within the scrotum, involved in tempurature regulation |
| egg | female gamete |
| ejaculatory duct | last structure sperm travels through before it reaches the urethra |
| emission | the movement of sperm cells fromthe vas deferens into the ejaculatory duct and urethra |
| endometrium | innermost layer of the uterus |
| epididymis | tightly coiled tube around the teste that gives rise to the vas deferens |
| foreskin | also calles the prepuce |
| fallopian tubes | called uterine tubes or oviducts, where egg fertilization occurs. |
| fundus | upper 2/3rd's of the uterus, also called the body |
| Glans Penis | the "head of the penis"; formed by corpus sponginosum |
| gubernaculum | the fibromuscular cord that is attached to the testes on one end and the scrotal sac on the other. aids in the descent of the testicles. |
| inguinal canal | hole in which testicles pass through as they descend, should close tightly around the spermatic cord AFTER descent |
| mediastinum testes | a tissue mass extending into the testes from the tunica albuginea |
| Menarche | the first menstrual period |
| Polar Body | Cell that contains "junk", no cytoplasmic material |
| prepuce | foreskin |
| pudenal cleft | seperates the left and right labium, on the anterior end, form the mons pubis; posteriorly, fuse to form the perineum |
| rete testes | inside the mediastinum, all semineferous tubules fuse to form channels called the rete testes. |
| semen | fluid containing sperm cells and other secretions discharged from the male reproductive tract at ejaculation |
| vestibule | space located within the labia minora |
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