Reproductive System Review Flashcards
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Review flashcards to aid in studying for a reproductive system exam.
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What are the
two functions What are the two What is the male
of the reproductive female sex sex hormone?
system? hormones?
What is the primary What is the primary What connects
female reproductive male reproductive the ovaries to
organ? organ? the uterus?
What are the What is the canal What is the thin
three layers that connects the membrane that
of the uterus? cervix to the vulva? covers the
(from inner to outer) entrance to
the vagina?
What is the average What happens What happens
length of the during the follicle during the ovulation
menstrual cycle? stage of the stage of the
menstrual cycle? menstrual cycle?
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Testosterone Estrogen and 1. The creation of
Progesterone new individuals
2. Production of sex
hormones
The fallopian tubes The testes The ovaries
(oviducts)
The hymen The vagina Fundus, body, cervix
High levels of estrogen, FSH stimulates the ovary 28 days
FSH, and LH cause the to start growing follicles; (about a month)
egg to be released from the strongest one
the follicle outgrows the others
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What is the external When do the What happens
female genitalia mammary glands in during the luteal
called? the breast start stage of the
secreting milk? menstrual cycle?
What happens What is Where do the
during the menopause? sperm collect
menstruation inside the testes?
stage of the
menstrual cycle?
What transports the What are the three What part of semen
sperm from the testes semen glands? do the seminal
to the urethra? vesicles make?
What part of semen What part of semen Which gland blocks
do the Cowper’s does the Prostate off the urinary bladder
glands make? gland make? during ejaculation?
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The follicle turns into the After childbirth The vulva
corpus luteum and starts
making progesterone.
The seminiferous When a woman’s Corpus luteum breaks
tubules menstrual cycles stop down, progesterone
completely. decreases, and the
uterine lining is
removed.
Nutrition for the sperm Seminal vesicles, The vas deferens
prostate gland,
Cowper’s glands
The prostate gland The alkaline (basic) The alkaline (basic)
part part
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What is What is the most What is the least
impotence? reliable form of birth reliable form of birth
control? control?
What are the two What age are men What disease
types of surgery supposed to get causes discharge
used to treat prostate exams that resembles
breast cancer? and women get cottage cheese?
breast x-rays?
What is the most What is the What is the
common STD in the treatment for treatment for
United States? genital warts? gonorrhea?
What is the What STD can Which STD can
treatment for lead to meningitis be a precursor to
genital herpes? and death if left cervical cancer?
untreated?
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Withdrawal Abstinence The inability to have or
(pulling out) sustain an erection.
Yeast infection 50 years old Lumpectomy
(tumor removal)
mastectomy
(breast removal)
Antibiotics Cryosurgery Chlamydia
(freezing the warts
and breaking them off)
There is no cure,
Genital warts Syphilis just medicine to
treat outbreaks and
symptoms
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