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Reproductive Organs
Male and Female
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Holds the testes outside of the body | Scrotal Sac |
| Common Passageway for both urine and semen | Urethra |
| Stores urine prior to urination | Bladder |
| Urethra runs through this gland, which produces a sperm activator that increases motility | Prostate gland |
| Tube the leads from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct; transports sperm during ejaculation | Vas deferens |
| Coiled tube where sperm mature and become motile | Epididymis |
| Pair of two tiny glands that secrete a basic mucus, or pre-ejacualte, that cleanses the urethra prior to ejaculation | Bulbourethral gland |
| The piece of skin is often removed through a process call circumcision and normally covers the head of the penis | Foreskin |
| Produce most of the volume of semen; provide nutrients sperm need prior to ejaculation | Seminal vesicles |
| Creates both sperm and testosterone | Testis |
| Neck of the uterus located at top of vagina, dilates for delivery of a baby | cervix |
| Tube that empties the bladder of urine | urethra |
| Hair-covered skin folds that develop from same tissue as scrotum | Labia majora |
| hairless skin folds around urethra and vagina (vulva) | labia minora |
| Proper name for a female's external genital area | vulva |
| carry eggs from ovary to uterus | fallopian tubes |
| contain erectile tissue, important in orgasm homologous (like) to male penis | clitoris |
| stores urine prior to urination | bladder |
| female gonad, produces sex hormones and eggs | ovary |
| tube that receives penis during intercourse, sometimes called "birth canal" | vagina |