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Reproductive system
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2011

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Term
primary sex organs
Definition
testes, ovaries
Term
M secondary sex organs
Definition
penis, assoicated ducts and gland
Term
F secondary sex organs
Definition
uterus, uterine tubes, vagina
Term
mesonrehric ducts
Definition
male reproductive system
Term
paramesonephric ducts
Definition
female reproductive system
Term
function of SRY gene
Definition
codes for a protein that causes development of testes
Term
M genital tubercle
Definition
becomes glans of penis
Term
F genital tubercle
Definition
clitoris
Term
M pair of urogenital folds
Definition
enclose urethra
Term
F pair of urogenital folds
Definition
form labia minora
Term
M pair of labioscrotal folds
Definition
scrotum
Term
F pair of labioscrotal folds
Definition
labia majora
Term
Scrotum
Definition
pouch holding testes
Term
spermatic cord
Definition
travels up from scrotum to bass through inguinal canal
Term
cremaster muscle
Definition
pulls testes close to body
Term
dartos muscle
Definition
wrinkles skin reducing surface area
lifts it up
Term
pampiniform plexus
Definition
veins acending near testicular artery
Term
tunica albuginea
Definition
white fibrous capsule on testes
Term
what divide testes into ompartments?
Definition
septa
Term
seminiferous tubules
Definition
lined w/thick germinal epithelium for sperm and sustentacular cells
Term
sustentacular cells
Definition
promote sperm cell development by providing nutrients, removal of waste, related hormones
Term
what do seminiferous tubules drain into?
Definition
rete testes
Term
what do testicular veins drain to?
Definition
vena cava
Term
primordial germ cells
Definition
stem cells of sperm
Term
spermatogonic
Definition
dormant until puberty activated by increase in testosterone
Term
type A spermatogonic
Definition
remains @ tubule wall as source of sperm
Term
type B spermatogonic
Definition
moves away to produce active sperm
Term
spermiogenesis
Definition
sprouts tail, loses most of cytoplast
Term
efferent ductules
Definition
12 small ciliated ducts collecting sperm from rete testes and transporting t to epididymis
Term
epididymis
Definition
6 m long coiled duct adhering to posterior of testis
- site of sperm maturation and storage
Term
ductus deferens
Definition
muscular tube 45 cm long passing up from scrotum through inguinal canal to posterior surface of bladder
Term
ejaculatory duct
Definition
2 m duct formed from ductus derens & seminal vesicle & passing through prostate 2 empty into urethra
Term
seminal vesicles
Definition
posterior to bladder
empty into ejaculatory duct
60% semen
Term
prostate gland
Definition
below bladder, surrounds urethra & ejaculatory duct
- 30% semen
Term
bulbourethral glands
Definition
near bulb of penis
empty into penile urethra
lubricating fluid
neutralizes any trace urine
Term
what does fibrinogen cause?
Definition
clotting
Term
parts of penis
Definition
internal root
shaft
glans
Term
inside shaft
Definition
spongy erectile tissue
Term
corpus spongiosum
Definition
encloses penile urethra
Term
corpora cavernosa
Definition
diverge like arms of a Y
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