sci quiz #1

• Erectile tissue

  a tissue that contains arteries and mereus muscle fibers
• Penis


  male organ used for urination and sexual intercourse. located above the scrotum and made of spongy tissue and blood vessels
• Foreskin

  double-layered fold off smooth muscle that covers the head of the penis
• Urethra

  tube that passed through the penis to the outside of the body which carries urine and sperm.
• Scrotum

  small muscular sac that contains and protects the testicles, blood vessels and part of the spermatic cord.
• Testis

  produces sperm, androgen and hormones.
• Epidymis

  stores the sperm for 2-4 days.
• Vas referens

  tiny muscular tube that carries the sperm from the epidymis to the ejaculatory duct.
• Bulbourethral gland ( courperis gland)

  produces thick clear mucus.
• Ejaculatory duct

  tubes that are lined with muscles. these muscles contrast and force sperm out.
• Seminal Vesicles

  pair of glands found art the base of the bladder.
• Seminiferous tubules

  site of spermatogenesis where germ cells develop into spermatozoa. functions are to produce, maintain and store sperm cells.
• Prostate gland

  wall-nut sized gland located between the bladder and the penis.
• Ovary


  Produce and release ripped eggs every 28 days
• Fimbriae


  Eggs move from the ovaries to the uterus
• Fallopian tubes


  • Passageway of egg cell and sperm going to the uterus
  • Main function is to contain egg until fertilization
• Fundus


  Where fallopian tubes connect to the uterus
• Uterus or Womb


  Where fertilised egg will develop and grow into a baby
• Cervix


  Connecting to the lower end of the uterus too the upper portion of the vagina
• Vagina or Birth Canal


  Hollow tube leading to the curvix to the outside of the body
• Parts of Vulva

  • Mons veneris - hairy skin covered pad of fat over the pubic bone
  • Lubia Minora - small lips covered with modified skin
  • Lubia Majora - large lips
  • Clitoris - erectile tissue
• Testosterone

  regulates the development of sex glands in the embryo and controls sex drive
• Estrogen

  Controls sex drive and regulates the development of female puberty
• Progesterone

  controls the development of endometrium
• Prolactin

  simulates production of milk in the mammary glands