(Kearley) Test Questions with Solved
Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
testes - Answer sperm production
scrotum
95 degrees
seminiferous tubules
because the body is 98.6 degrees and the sperm will die at that heat - Answer Why does the
scrotum have to be outside of the body?
seminiferous tubules - Answer Where exactly does sperm production take place in the testes?
Epididymus - Answer What is the duct called that sperm enters after leaving and causes the
testes become motile?
Vas Deferens - Answer What is the tube that carries sperm from the epidymis to the urethra?
urethra - Answer What is the tube that goes from the interior of the penis to the outside and
helps with reproduction and urine extraction?
Semen - Answer What is formed when glandular secretions mix with sperm?
Seminal vessicle - Answer What secretes fructose into semen and sperm use it as an energy
source?
Prostate gland - Answer What glands secretions buffer the pH of the female reproductive tract
and protect the sperm from the low pH in the vagina?
Bulbourethral gland - Answer What 2 glands secretions are thought the buffer the pH of the
females reproductive tract and protect the sperm from low pH?
Prostate and testicular cancer (the most common) - Answer What two types of cancers can
happen in the male reproductive system? And which is the most common?
, BE ABLE TO DRAW OUT SPERMATOGENESIS - Answer BE ABLE TO DRAW OUT
SPERMATOGENESIS
Spermatagonia - Answer What cells are in the testes and undergo mitosis and produce
primary spermatocytes?
Primary spermatocytes - Answer What undergoes meiosis 1 and produces spermocytes?
Secondary spermatocytes - Answer What undergoes meiosis 2 and forms haploid spermatids
that form sperm?
LH, FSH, testosterone - Answer What hormones are produces in spermatogenesis?
LH - luteinizing hormone - Answer What is the hormone that promotes cells (interstitial tissue)
to secrete testosterone?
FSH - follicle stimulating hormone - Answer What hormone starts spermatogenesis?
Testosterone - Answer What hormone stimulates the formation of sperm?
Ovaries - Answer What produces oocytes in the female reproductive system?
immature eggs - Answer What are oocytes in simple terms?
2 - Answer How many oviducts are there?
Oviducts - Answer What is the channel called that is the connection from the ovary to the
uterus (fallopian tube)?
Uterus - Answer What is a hollow organ in which the embryo can grow and develop?
Endometrium - Answer What is the inner lining called in the uterus wall where the embryo
implants?
Cervix - Answer What is a narrow portion of the uterus above that vagina and is usually the
diameter of a pencil?