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• What is the first menstrual period called?

  Menarche
• What separates the renal pyramids?

  Renal columns
• What does antidiuretic hormone (ADH) promote in the kidneys?

  Water reabsorption in the collecting ducts
• Which hormone promotes the growth of primary follicles in the ovary?

  Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
• What is the smooth triangular region of the urinary bladder called?

  Trigone
• What are osmoreceptors sensitive to?

  Changes in blood composition
• What is the functional unit of the kidney?

  Nephron
• What hormone stimulates uterine contractions during birth?

  Oxytocin
• What is removed during male circumcision?

  Prepuce (foreskin)
• What is tubular secretion?

  Process of removing ions from blood
• Which layer of the uterus is made of smooth muscle?

  Myometrium
• What is incontinence?

  Inability to control external urethral sphincter
• What are the events that expel the infant from the uterus called?

  Labor
• Which layer of the uterus is the site of implantation?

  Endometrium
• What is the fatty area over the pubic symphysis called?

  Mons pubis
• Which blood vessel feeds the glomerulus?

  Afferent arteriole
• On which day does ovulation typically occur?

  14
• What is the involuntary sphincter that keeps the urethra closed?

  Internal urethral sphincter
• What tube connects each kidney to the urinary bladder?

  Ureter
• What hormone regulates sodium ion concentration in the kidneys?

  Aldosterone
• What is the portion of the renal tubule closest to the glomerulus?

  Proximal convoluted tubule
• Where are sperm produced in the male testis?

  Seminiferous tubules
• What are the capillary beds associated with each nephron called?

  Glomerulus
• What tubes receive the ovulated oocyte?

  Fallopian tubes (uterine tubes)
• Which ligament anchors the anterior portion of the uterus?

  Round ligament
• What is puberty?

  Time when reproductive organs grow and become functional
• What is the process of ejecting a mature egg from the ovary called?

  Ovulation
• What is filtration in the kidneys?

  Nonselective process forming blood plasma without proteins
• What term describes the location of the kidneys?

  Retroperitoneal
• What do ovaries produce?

  Eggs and hormones like estrogen
• Where do maturing sperm gain motility?

  Epididymis
• When is menopause considered to have occurred?

  12 months
• What is the medial indentation of the kidney called?

  Hilum
• What is the distal portion of the male urethra called?

  Spongy urethra
• What captures filtrate formed during glomerular filtration?

  Bowman’s capsule
• What process squeezes sperm from the epididymis?

  Ejaculation
• What is arterial blood pH above 7.45 called?

  Alkalosis
• Which gland surrounds the upper portion of the urethra?

  Prostate gland
• Where are most nephrons located?

  Renal cortex
• What division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for erection?

  Parasympathetic