Reproductive Physiology Exam 2 questions answers

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primary sex organ of male - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔testes
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testes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔paired structure that produces
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steroid hormones and sperm
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scrotum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lobed structure that supports
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testes, temperature control, protection, homologous to labia
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majora in females |\ |\




inguinal canals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are the 2 passages into
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the anterior abdominal wall which in males spermatic cord
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cryptorchidism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔failure of one or both |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



testes to descend into the scrotum
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bilateral- neither testes have descended
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unilateral- one teste hasn't descended |\ |\ |\ |\




tunica vaginalis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a serous tissue that is an
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extension of the peritoneum obtained when the testes descend
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into the scrotum during development
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, tunica albuginea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the outermost layer of
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the testes ,thin white membrane of elastic connective tissue
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parenchyma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔yellowish functional layer of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



testes that are divided into segments
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each segments are called seminiferous tubules
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seminiferous tubules - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔site of sperm |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



production (spermatogenesis) 80% of testes weight |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




germ cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔spermatogonia
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eventually become sperm cells |\ |\ |\




sertoli cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nurse cells
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provide nutrients for growing sperm|\ |\ |\ |\




produces androgens binding protein and inhibin
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are responsible for forming blood barriers
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FSH stimulates the development of sertoli cells that produce
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androgen binding protein that prepare seminiferous tubules to
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produce sperm |\




leydig cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔interstitial cells
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stimulated by LH to produce testosterones |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




lumen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔center of seminiferous tubules
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