BIO 30 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
EXAMPREP TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE RESPONSES PREMIUM
LEARNING PACKAGE
●● What is the purpose of the male reproductive system (4)
Answer: produce sperm, produce androgen, deliver gamete, SRY gene
●● what does the SRY gene do
Answer: suppress female determining path
●● what is are the purpose of testes (2)
Answer: produce sperm, produce male sex hormones
●● what are the purpose of seminiferous tubules (4)
Answer: where sperm cells are made, house spermatogonium cells,
sertoli cells, stimulated by FSH
●● what are sertoli cells for
Answer: nourish developing sperm cells
●● what are intersitial cells for (3)
,Answer: found outside seminiferous tubules, produce androgens,
stimulated by LH
●● what is the scrotum for (2)
Answer: testes descend, cooler temperature
●● what are vas deferens called
Answer: ductus deferens
●● what are the vas deferens for
Answer: carry sperm from testes to urethra
●● what is the ejaculatory duct for
Answer: regulate movement of sperm
●● what is the sphincter for
Answer: ensures that urine and semen do not mix
●● what does the parasympathetic system control in male reproductive
system
Answer: facilitates erections
●● what are the parts of a sperm cell (4)
, Answer: acrosome, head, midpiece, flagellum
●● what is the acrosome for (2)
Answer: caps head of the cell, filled with enzymes
●● where does spermatogensis occur
Answer: seminiferous tubules
●● what happens in the epididymus
Answer: cells mature
●● what is the order of the maturing of sperm cell (3)
Answer: spermatogonium, spermatocytes, sperm cells
●● what are the seminal vesicles for
Answer: release fluid with fructose and prostaglandins
●● what is the prostate gland for
Answer: release alkaline
●● what are the cowpers glands for
Answer: release mucus
EXAMPREP TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE RESPONSES PREMIUM
LEARNING PACKAGE
●● What is the purpose of the male reproductive system (4)
Answer: produce sperm, produce androgen, deliver gamete, SRY gene
●● what does the SRY gene do
Answer: suppress female determining path
●● what is are the purpose of testes (2)
Answer: produce sperm, produce male sex hormones
●● what are the purpose of seminiferous tubules (4)
Answer: where sperm cells are made, house spermatogonium cells,
sertoli cells, stimulated by FSH
●● what are sertoli cells for
Answer: nourish developing sperm cells
●● what are intersitial cells for (3)
,Answer: found outside seminiferous tubules, produce androgens,
stimulated by LH
●● what is the scrotum for (2)
Answer: testes descend, cooler temperature
●● what are vas deferens called
Answer: ductus deferens
●● what are the vas deferens for
Answer: carry sperm from testes to urethra
●● what is the ejaculatory duct for
Answer: regulate movement of sperm
●● what is the sphincter for
Answer: ensures that urine and semen do not mix
●● what does the parasympathetic system control in male reproductive
system
Answer: facilitates erections
●● what are the parts of a sperm cell (4)
, Answer: acrosome, head, midpiece, flagellum
●● what is the acrosome for (2)
Answer: caps head of the cell, filled with enzymes
●● where does spermatogensis occur
Answer: seminiferous tubules
●● what happens in the epididymus
Answer: cells mature
●● what is the order of the maturing of sperm cell (3)
Answer: spermatogonium, spermatocytes, sperm cells
●● what are the seminal vesicles for
Answer: release fluid with fructose and prostaglandins
●● what is the prostate gland for
Answer: release alkaline
●● what are the cowpers glands for
Answer: release mucus
