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| Function of Reproductive System |
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1. Continue the species
2. Control male and female behaviors |
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Only system not needed for survival, but needed for the survival of the species
Makes, stores, nourishes, and releases specialized cells knows as gametes or sex cells |
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| Process through which living things make new individuals |
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| Male sex cell, they are continually produced |
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Female sex cell, largest cell in the body
Female is born with all her eggs |
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| The moment egg and sperm meet |
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| How many chromosomes are in each sex cell? |
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Starts as a single cell
Within 6 weeks, all embryos look the same
Within 7 th week, hormones turn on which determine how the embryos will develop |
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Oval shaped organs held in an external sac called scrotum
Produces sperm and testosterone |
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| Tube that exits the body for semen and urine |
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Sperm travels through specialized tubes, which lead to the urethra
Mixes with fluid and together make semen
5 million sperm in one drop of semen |
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Located about hip level, one on each side
Makes eggs and female hormone estrogen and progestin |
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Near the ovaries but not connected
Egg travels through the tube |
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At other end of tubes, hollow muscular organ as known as the womb
Where the fertilized egg develops |
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| Opening at the narrower end of the uterus that lead to the vagina |
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| The birth canal, opening through which a baby is born |
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| When an egg matures and is released |
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| 28 day cycle that continues to occur in a female once they reach puberty |
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1. Embryo
2. Fetus
3. Infant
4. Child
5. Adolescent
6. Adulthood |
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