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UCSB Baldwin Sociology 152A FINAL
EVERYTHING STUDY GUIDE SOLUTIONS
vulva - ANSWER✔✔-overall female genitalia
mons - ANSWER✔✔-fatty area above vaginal opening with pubic hair with nerves for sexual stimulation
labia majora - ANSWER✔✔-major lips, covers vaginal opening
labia minora - ANSWER✔✔-inside lips, become red and engorged when sexually excited
clitoral hood - ANSWER✔✔-visible flap of skin that covers clitoris
clitoris (glans and shaft) - ANSWER✔✔-glans= outside part (pearl) that grows harder when excited,
shaft= runs back underneath skin
vaginal opening - ANSWER✔✔-Called introitus, stretches
hymen - ANSWER✔✔-membrane, usually perforated or incomplete, that covers the opening of the
vagina (may be torn by sex or other means)
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perineum - ANSWER✔✔-skin between vulva or scrotum and anus, hairless, sexually sensitive, protection
from external genitalia infection
pelvic floor muscle - ANSWER✔✔-attached to top of pubic bone, contracts for orgasm
vagina - ANSWER✔✔-muscular tube that expands and contracts during intercourse
g-spot - ANSWER✔✔-area of increased erotic sensitivity on or deep withing front wall of the vagina
cervix - ANSWER✔✔-lowermost, narrow portion of the uterus that connects with the vagina, cartilage
covered with tissue, pencil-thin cavity (function and description)
uterus - ANSWER✔✔-where the baby grows, size changes with hormones and age
endometrium - ANSWER✔✔-inner layer of uterus that sheds for menstruation (regrows every cycle)
myometrium - ANSWER✔✔-muscles around uterus (contracts during period and birth)
perimetrium - ANSWER✔✔-outer covering of the uterus to protect fetus during pregnancy
oviducts - ANSWER✔✔-fallopian tube; two bilateral tubes that lead from the uterus toward the ovaries,
easy to get blocked by STDs, site of fertilization of female ovum
cilia - ANSWER✔✔-hairlike structure inside of oviducts that move eggs down fallopian tube
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fimbria - ANSWER✔✔-end of fallopian tube (oviduct), finger like structure has cilia, helps ovum to find
way into oviduct
ovaries - ANSWER✔✔-organ that produces eggs and secretes sex hormone
follicle - ANSWER✔✔-fluid-filled sac that contains an egg, with its supporting cells, within the ovary
ovum/ova - ANSWER✔✔-mature female eggs prior to or immediately after fertility (by sperm)
breasts - ANSWER✔✔-consists mainly of fat and has glandular tissue, which produces milk. has erotic
and reproductive significance
nipples - ANSWER✔✔-has duct openings to lobes of alveoli where milk is produced and stored
areola - ANSWER✔✔-circular patch of darker skin with nipple
penis - ANSWER✔✔-The male sexual organ.
glans penis - ANSWER✔✔-The most sensitive end of the penis. It is similar to the clitoris. Found at the tip
of the penis.
foreskin - ANSWER✔✔-The smooth muscle tissue, skin, and etc. that surrounds and protects the glans
penis.
smegma - ANSWER✔✔-White or yellow substance found beneath the foreskin of the penis, in males,
and the folds of skin around the clitoris, in females.
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cavernous bodies - ANSWER✔✔-Erectile tissue that makes up the penis and clitoris. Lies side by side and
accounts for the bulk of the penis's erectile capacity
spongy body - ANSWER✔✔-Erectile tissue that goes alongside the corpora cavernosa.
urethra - ANSWER✔✔-Where urine and semen come out of. Connects from the bladder to the opening
of the penis. Located between the vaginal opening and clitoris in a female.
root of penis (crura & bulb) - ANSWER✔✔-Cavernous muscles and anchors the penis onto the body.
(pubic bone) Includes the cavernous and spongy bodies
corona - ANSWER✔✔-A part of the glans penis that forms a rounded projecting border.
frenulum - ANSWER✔✔-Found on the underside of the penis. Like the connective tissue under the
tongue, it connects the glans penis to the foreskin.
scrotum - ANSWER✔✔-The sack that holds the testes found behind the penis.
testicles - ANSWER✔✔-The male gonad, one of the two which produces sperm and secretes sex
hormones.
seminiferous tubules - ANSWER✔✔-Microscopic tubules within the testicles. Tube like structure. Where
sperm is produced.
interstitial cells - ANSWER✔✔-Cells found between seminiferous tubules that secrete hormones.
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