Chapter 1 - Lesson 4

• REPRODUCTION


  The process of producing offspring
• GENITALS


  The external sex organs
• PRIMARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS


  Sex characteristics that are present at birth
• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS


  Sex characteristics that emerge during puberty
• Female sexual body


  • Designed for the production and fertilization of OVUM, as well as carrying and delivering infant offspring
• Female external genital structures

  • Vulva
  • Mons Veneris
  • Labia Majora
  • Prepuce
  • Clitoris
  • Labia Minora
  • Vestibule
  • Urethral Opening
  • Vaginal Opening
  • Perineum
• Female internal reproductive organs

  • Vagina
  • Cervix
  • Uterus
  • Fallopian Tube
  • Ovaries
• MENSTRUAL CYCLE


  Marks the beginning of puberty for females
• Menstrual Cycle


  1. Menstrual Phase

  2. Proliferative Phase

  3. Secretory Phase
• Problems associated with the menstrual cycle

  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Amenorrhea
  • Menopause
• Secondary sexual characteristics in females

  • Widening of hips and pelvis
  • Enlargement of breasts
• Male external genital structures

  • Prepuce
  • Penis
  • Corona
  • Frenulum
  • Scrotum
  • Urethral Opening
  • Perineum
• Male internal reproductive organs

  • Testes
  • Vas Deferens
  • Urethra
  • Seminal Vesicles
  • Prostate
  • Ejaculatory Ducts
• External parts of the female genitalia

  • Vulva
  • Mons Veneris
  • Labia Majora
  • Prepuce
  • Clitoris
  • Labia Minora
  • Vestibule
  • Urethral Opening
  • Vaginal Opening
  • Perineum
• Vulva


  All the external genital structures taken together
• Mons Veneris


  Pads of fatty tissue between pubic bone and skin
• Labia Majora


  Outer lips surrounding all the other structures
• Prepuce


  Clitoral hood
• Clitoris


  Glans that is particularly sensitive to stimulation
• Labia Minora


  Inner lips surrounding the vestibule where sweat and oil glands located
• Vestibule


  Area surrounding the urethral opening and vagina
• Urethral Opening


  End of the tube connecting to bladder and used for urination
• Vaginal Opening


  Also known as the introitus
• Perineum


  Area of skin separating the genitalia from the anus
• Vagina

  collapsible canal extending from the vaginal opening back and upward into body to cervix and uterus.
• Cervix

  small end of uterus to which vagina leads. It is the opening to interior uterus.
• Uterus

  Womb, organ within pelvic zone where fetus is carried.
• Fallopian Tube It carries the egg from ovaries to uterus, also this is where the fertilization occurs.
• Ovaries it produces estrogen, progesterone, and ova or egg cell.
• Prepuce


  Foreskin covering the head of the penis
• Penis


  Glans that is particularly sensitive to stimulation
• Corona


  Rim of glans where it arises from the shaft
• Frenulum


  Thin strip of skin connecting the glans and shaft on the underside of the penis
• Scrotum


  Sac that encloses the two compartments housing the testes
• Urethral Opening


  Found on head of penis, end tube connected to bladder and used for urination
• Perineum


  Area of skin separating the genitalia from the anus
• Testes


  Produce androgen, particularly large quantities of testosterone, and sperm cells
• Vas Deferens


  Travels from testicle toward urethra carrying sperm
• Urethra


  Tube within the penis that carries sperm and semen the rest of the way to the opening of the penis
• Seminal Vesicles


  Two glands that produce alkaline fluid rich in fructose sugar, comprising 70% of semen volume