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Maternity & Pediatrics
Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
03/02/2011

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Term
Androgens
Definition
Male sex hormone
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Scrotum
Definition
Skin sac that suspends the testes away from the body
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Semen
Definition
Seminal plasma plus sperm
Term
Spermatogenesis
Definition
Production of spermatazoa
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Spermatazoa
Definition
Male germ(reproductive) cells
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Testes
Definition
Organ that produce spermatazoa and male sex hormones
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Testosterone
Definition
Primary male hormone that cause mascular development in boys
Term
Seminferous tubules
Definition
Where spermatazoa are produce in the testes
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Leydig Cells
Definition
Where testosterone is produced in the testes
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Bartholins Gland (vulvovaginal glands)
Definition
Produce vaginal lubrication during sexual arousel
Term
Cervical mucosal lining
Definition
Provides an environment favorable to sperms survival, Produces mucous plug during pregnancy & bacteriostatic vaginal lubrication
Term
Cervix
Definition
Narrow, tubular part of the uterus
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Endometrium
Definition
Uterine layer that responds to hormone changes during menstrual cycle & uterine layer in which fertilized ovum implants
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Fallopian tubes
Definition
Site of fertilization and early embryonic development
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Myometrium
Definition
Middle muscular uterine layer to expell fetus at birth, Figure 8 shaped fibers
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Ovaries
Definition
Produce ova and female hormones
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Ova
Definition
Female germ (reproductive) cells
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Rugae
Definition
Folds or ridges of the vaginal muous membrane
Term
Skene's Ducts (paraurethral ducts)
Definition
Lubricate urethra and vaginal orfice
Term
Vaginal Introitus
Definition
Division between external & internal femal genitals
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Alveolus/Alveoli
Definition
Glands that secrete milk
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Areola
Definition
Area of darker skin surrounding the nipple
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Lactiferous duct
Definition
Carry milk from alveoli to the nipple
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Lactiferous sinus
Definition
Widened are of the duct that holds/stores milk
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Corpus Luteum
Definition
Empty follicle after ovum is released
Term
Dyspareunia
Definition
Painful sexual intercourse
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Follicle
Definition
Cavity containing a single ovum
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Menarche
Definition
First menstrual period
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Ovulation
Definition
Releas of a mature ovum
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