Questions and Correct Answers 100% Graded A+
1. DIFFERENCES B/W MALE AND FEMALE STRUCTCURE:
2. Many structures within the male and female reproductive system are ...: ho- mologous
to each other bc the share a common developmental pathway
3. What is the male reproductive system designed to do?: Designed to produce sperm and
deliver it to female for fertilization
4. Is most of the male reproductive structures external or internal?: external
5. Why are most of the male reproductive structures external?: To keep the sperm at
the optimal temperature
6. The testes produce much higher levels of ----- than female gonads and they produce
millions of ------ per day after puberty: The testes produce much higher levels of
testosterone than female gonads and they produce millions of gametes per day after puberty
7. The male urethra is a common passageway for both ----- and -----: The male urethra is a
common passageway for both urine and semen
8. What is the female reproductive system designed to do?: To nurture a devel- oping
embryo
9. Is most of the female reproductive structures external or internal?: internal
10. The ovaries produce much higher levels of ------ than male gonads: The ovaries
produce much higher levels of estrogen than male gonads
11. TRUE or FALSE
Females contain all of the oocytes that they will ever have before birth and only one is
release per month during ovulation: TRUE
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,12. Is the female urethra connected to the reproductive system?: NOOO
13. MALE GENITALIA:
14. What are the internal male genitalia (5): Epididymis Vas
deferens
Accessory glands:
Seminal vesicles
Prostate gland
Cowper's glands (bulbourethral glands)
15. What is the epididymis and what is its function?: A convoluted tube attached to the
outside of a testicle that nourishes sperm as they finish maturing and stores them until
ejaculation
16. nourishes sperm as they finish maturing and stores them until ejaculation-
: epididymis
17. After the epididymus, where does sperm pass and and exit through the penis? (3):
vas deferens (sperm duct)
ejaculatory duct
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, urethra
Penis
18. What does the seminal vesicle do?: secrete fluid into the ejaculatory duct that makes up
roughly 60% of the volume of sperm
19. What are the 3 contents of the mildly alkaline fluid?: Fructose
Prostaglandins
Proteins
20. What do the secretions of the prostate gland do?: Nourish the sperm and increase
their motility
21. How much volume of semen is in the prostate gland?: 30% of semen volume
22. What do the Cowper's gland secrete?: secrete a lubricating fluid that makes up 2-5%
of semen volume
23. What are the 2 external male genitalia?: Penis
Scrotum
24. What is the penis?: the erectile organ responsible for delivering sperm to the female
25. the erectile organ responsible for delivering sperm to the female: Penis
26. What are the 3 cylinders of spongy tissue?: A pair of corpora cavernosa Corpus
spongiosum that surrounds the urethra
27. What is the scrotum?: The sac that protects the sperm producing testes and keeps
them at the proper temperature
28. The sac that protects the sperm producing testes and keeps them at the proper
temperature
DEFINITION
ENGLISH: Scrotum
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