Question | Answer |
The tube thta permits sperm to exit form the epididymis and pass from the scrotal sac upward into the abdominal cavity is called the | Vas Deferens |
The connective tisse sheath that covers the vas deferens, blood vessels and nerves is the | Spermatic cord |
The production of what hormone pormotes and maintains the development of the male accessory organs such as the prostate gland, seminal vesicles, etc. | Testosterone |
What hormone has a stimulation effect on protein anabolism and is responsible for the greater muscualar development and strength of the male. | Testosterone |
When a baby is born with one undescending testicle, it is called | Cryptorchidism |
If you are assigned to an operating room and there is a bilateral oophorectomy scheduled for that room, what would the surgeon be doing? | Removing both ovaries |
The seminal vesicles sercrete a yellowish,thick and ____ rich fluid which provides energy needed by sperm for motility | Fructose |
What type of duct frains at the nipple? | Lactiferous |
Where are the bulbouretheral glands located? | Below the Prostate gland |
The structure that contributes about 60% of the seminal fluid volume is the? | Seminal vesiscle |
What is the menstrual disorder with characteristics of abdominal pain caused by uterine cramps during menstrual period? | Dysmenorrhea |
The muscular layer of the uterus is called the ? | Myometrium |
The uterine tubes are attached to the ovaries and the uterus | False-they are not attached to the ovaries |
The organ that serves as a passageway for babies and is the entrance for sperm is called | Vagina |
The uterine tubes are also called (2 answer) | Fallopian, oviducts |
The outer end of each uterine tube: | Fimbrae |
The area between the vaginal opening and the anus | Perineum |
The essential organ of reproduction in men and women are called | Gonads |
The tough whitish membrane that surrounds each testis is called | Tunica albuginea |
The coiled structures that form the bulk of testicular mass are called | Seminiferous tubules |
Sperm develop in the walls of the ____ and are the released into the lumen to begin their journey to the exterior of the body | Seminiferous tubules |
The interstitial cells of the testes secrete the male sex hormone called | Testosterone |
Production of sperm is called | Spermatogenesis |
The name given to sperm precursor (stem) cell is | Spermatogonia |
Before puberty, mitotic cell division increases the ____ production | Spermatogonia |
When a boy enters puberty,circulating levels of this hormone cause spermatogonium to undergo a unique type of cell division | Follicle-stimulating hormone |
What structure consist of a single and very tightly coilded tube about 6 mm in length and lies along the top and behind the testes insides in the scrotum | Epididymis |
The mammaary glands are what type of organ | Accessory |
About 1 milion____ are embedded in a connective tissurte matrix just below the outer layer of each ovary in a newborn baby girl | Ovarian follicles |
After ovulation, a ruputred follicle is transformed into a hormone-secreting glandular strcture called | Corpus Luteum |
What is the sex hormone that is resposible for the proliferation and vascularization of the epithelial cells lining of the uterus | Progesterone |
The hormone resposible for pubic hair and breat development is | Estrogen |
The tubes that serve as ducts for the ovaries, even though they are NOT attached to them are called the | Oviducts |
The falling or sinking down of the uterus into the vagina is called | Uterine prolapse |
Another name for a bilateral orchidectomy is | Castration |
A surgical procedure that involves removal of the uterus,tubes,ovaries, and adjacent lymph nodes | Radical hysterectomy |
The surgical procedure to restore fertilization to the male after the vas deferens has been ligated is called a | Vasovasostomy |
Just above the level where the Fallopian tubes attach to the body of the uterus, it rounds out to form a bulging prominence called the | Fundus |
The production of female gametes or sex cells is called | Oogenesis |
The first menses or menstrual flow is known as | Menarche |
The middle layer of the uterus is known as the perimetrium | False-The middle layer of the uterus is called the myometrium |
A fibroid is a malignant tumor composed primarily of muscle | FALSE - Fibroid is a benign tumor |
Human papilloma virus increases the risk of cervical cancer | True |
The mon pubis is a skin-covered pad of fat over the | Symphysis pubis |
Surgicak removal of the uterus is called | Hysterectomy |
What structure stores mature sperm temporarily as it develops the ability to move | Epididymis |
What procedure is the surgical removal of the entire prostate gland, the seminal vesicles, and some surrounding tissue, and is done through an abdominal incision | Radical Prostatectomy |
A noncancerous condition with characteristics of an enlarged prostate gland is called | Benign Prostatic hypertrophy |
The penis had three separate columns of erectile tissue in its shaft. Which of the following is the tissue that surrounds the urethra | Corpus Spongiosum |
The female sex cells are called | Ovaries . |