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reproduction
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/01/2012

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budding
Definition
cells start mitotically divided, attach to individual, start specializing an forming, then mature and fall off to form another organism
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fission
Definition
individual separates into two or more individuals, each approximately the same size, then continue growth/ maturity
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gemmules
Definition
special case in a few invertebrates, are diploid, specialized cells that are put aside, are released into environment, form mitotically, released every so often
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fragmentation
Definition
separation of individual into two or more parts, each part will regenerate the missing parts, mitotically
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parthenogenesis
Definition
happens in some invertebrates, unfertilized egg developing into an individual so the egg undergoes mitosis without being fertilized, haploid to begin with, example are bees, sterile
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external fertilization
Definition
- Where the gametes meet out in aquatic environment (drop of water/puddle), fertilization takes place in aquatic environment then organism goes on to develop
- The more separated the male and the female the more eggs are formed to increase chances
- There are chemical attractants from the eggs to allure specific sperm
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internal fertilization
Definition
- Egg is formed inside female tract
- Less eggs are made
- Ovulation (release of fertilizable eggs)
- Also need copulatory organ, part that will place the sperm into the female
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oviparous
Definition
egg laying, fertilize egg inside body which is encased in hard shell, egg is laid and embryo develops outside of the body
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viviparous
Definition
developed takes place inside the organism attached to the placenta (part embryo part mother), it helps provide for all the needs of the organism, new organism is born alive, humans are viviparous
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Ovoviviparous
Definition
fertilized egg is encased in a shell and stays inside the female, the female doesn’t contribute anything to it, the nutritive material is yolk, the reproductive tract has parts that crack open the egg so it seems like a live birth
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estrous cycle
Definition
most mammals have this, humans don’t, when female is in heat (ovulating), the males are all over her, it’s also the time when they are interested in sexual activity
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mentrual cycle
Definition
will engage in sexual activity any time they feel lie it and its not limited to the times ovulation
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testis
Definition
located outside of body in a sack of skin called the scrotum (sperm can't live in body temperature)
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epididymis
Definition
stores sperm here until ejaculation, when sperm enters the epididymis they’re immobile, when they leave they are mobile
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vas deferens
Definition
from epididymus to seminal vesicle
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ejaculatory duct
Definition
transport sperm and seminal vesicle fluid from the seminal vesicles to the urethra
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seminal vesicles
Definition
release watery yellowish fluid high in fructose, 70% of semen is seminal fluid, nourishes sperm
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prostate gland
Definition
located underneath urinary bladder, produces highly alkaline milky fluid that helps neutralize the acidity of the vagina
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cowper's (bulbourethral)
Definition
paired glands, located at the top of the penis, tiny, secrete mucus (viscous thick fluid), lubricate the tip of the penis, reduces acidity
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penis
Definition
erectile tissue
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semen
Definition
sperm and fluids from glands, 1% cowper's gland, 27% prostate gland
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urethra
Definition
tube that transports both urine and semen out of the body, not at the same time
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ovaries
Definition
produces egg, estrogen, progesterone
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fallopian tubes
Definition
intimately associated but not confluent, trnasports egg/embryo to uterus, transports sperm to egg, normal site of fertilization (specifically the ampulla)
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ampulla
Definition
site of fertilization
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isthmus
Definition
after ampulla, before uterine cavity
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vulva/pudenum
Definition
external genitalia
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fundus
Definition
top of pubic bone, above uterus
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cervix
Definition
neck of the uterus that opens into the vagina
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Placenta pravia
Definition
embedding of embryo in cervix of uterus, can go to term but at some point during the pregnancy she’ll start bleeding because gravity is pulling on the placenta
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tunica albuginea
Definition
connective tissue layer, covering of ovaries
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infundibulum
Definition
finds the oocyte after ovulation
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fimbriae
Definition
the sex hormones activate the fimbriae, causing it to swell with blood and hit the ovary in a gentle, sweeping motion, an oocyte is released from the ovary and the cilia of the fimbriae sweep the ovum into the Fallopian tube
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