Female and Male Reproductive System

• -outside abdominal cavity; muscular sac that contains and protects the testes

  Scrotum
• The chief male reproductive organ located inside the Scrotum

  Testes
• Located within the testes, reveals many compartments each of which contains highly coiled tubes about 250 Jobutes in each testis, in these tubules the sperms or male gametes are formed

  Seminiferous Tubules
• Where the sperm are temporarily stored

  Epididymis
• Transport sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ducts

  Vas Deferens
• The travelling sperm move out of the body through this

  Urethra
• External sex organ that hangs in front of the scrotum

  Penis
• move like a propeller

  Tail
• Packed with mitochondria that provides energy

  Mid Piece
• contains nucleus that holds DNA of the cell

  Head
• flattened bean shape, the eggs or ova produced in this part

  Ovaries
• cross section of ovary shows many of it at various stages of development, female sex develops from these

  Follicles
• shaped opening and leads eggs to the uterus

  Fallopian Tube
• hallow muscular organ located in the female pelvis between the bladder and rectum

  Uterus
• Provides the cell w one strand of DNA

  Nucleus
• provides the cell with fertilization and nutrients 


  Cytoplasm
• surrounds the egg


  Zona Pellicuda
• Supplies the egg with protein

  Radiata
• process of producing sperm cell

  Spermatogenesis
• formation of egg cell

  Oogenesis
• also called seminal fluid that is emitted from the male reproductive tract that contains sperm which capable of fertilizing ova


  Semen