Bsc final exam

• What structure in the female is composed of erectile tissue?

  Clitoris
• What statement best describes a spermatid?

  It undergoes spermatogenesis
•  What description is true for a primary oocyte?    

  It is arrested in prophase I.        
• Which description is true for a secondary oocyte?

  It is arrested in metaphase II.
• Which statement is true of spermatogenesis but not of oogenesis?

  It occurs completely in the gonad.
• Which statement is true of both spermatogenesis and oogenesis?

  It produces haploid gametes.
• Mitosis produces cells that are ___________; meiosis produces cells that are ___________.


  diploid; haploid
• The primary sex organs are also called __________.

  gonads
• Two identical copies of the same chromosome are called __________.


  sister chromatids
• Which structure is part of both the reproductive and the urinary system in males?


  urethra
• Which of the following glands produces the majority of the fluid in semen?

  seminal vesicles
• Not a component of semen

  ABP
• components of semen


  sperm, citrate, prostaglandins
• Upon leaving the testes, sperm enters the ________ for functional maturation.

  epididymis
• Where does sperm production occur within the testis?

  seminiferous tubules
• Sperm in the epididymis travel immediately next to the:

  ductus deferens
• Which of the following male accessory sex glands produces a yellowish secretion containing fructose, prostaglandins, coagulating proteins and enzymes?

  seminal vesicle
• Contraction of the cremaster muscle:


  pulls the testes closer to the body.
• During cold temperatures, the testes are pulled closer to the pelvic floor and the warmth of the body wall, and the scrotum becomes shorter and heavily wrinkled.

  True
• Which of the following is true about the male climacteric?

  Levels of LH and FSH are elevated.
• The process of male gamete, or sperm cell, development is known as:

  spermatogenesis.
• How many spermatids result from one spermatogonium?

  4
• Which of the following is not a structure of the external female genitalia?

  Vagina
• The innermost epithelial layer of the uterus is the __________.

  endometrium
• The structures that catch the oocyte upon ovulation are the __________.

  fimbriae
• What is the main female gonad?

  ovary
• Where does fertilization usually occur?

  ampulla of the uterine tube
• Where should a fertilized ovum implant?

  uterus
• Which of the following is the most inferior portion of the uterus?

  cervix
• What part of the female reproductive system receives the penis during sexual intercourse?

  vagina
• Which of the following is the correct order of developing follicles and their remnants during the ovarian cycle?

  primordial follicle → secondary follicle → vesicular follicle → corpus luteum
• All of the following are female secondary sex characteristics EXCEPT __________.

  enlarged larynx
• The process by which immature follicles degenerate and are resorbed during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle is called __________.

  atresia
• Secondary oocytes form __________.

  between puberty and menopause
• Which of the following is true about oogenesis?

  It releases an immature gamete each month.
• Ovulation is triggered by a positive feedback loop resulting in a surge of:


  luteinizing hormone (LH)
• 1. Place these stages of the ovarian cycle in the correct order.Corpus albicans2. Vesicular (tertiary) follicle3. Primary follicle4. Ruptured follicle5. Primordial follicle6. Secondary follicle7. Corpus luteum

  5, 3, 6, 2, 4, 7, 1
• Which portion of the uterus is shed during menstruation?

  stratum functionalis of the endometrium
• During which phase of the uterine (menstrual) cycle will stratum functionalis develop with endometrial glands and spiral arteries and veins?

  proliferative (preovulatory) phase
• When menstruation has ceased for at least one year, what has occurred?


  female climacteric, or menopause