Exam 19: The Reproductive System

Once an egg is fertilized by a sperm, the resulting ____________________ will develop into an embryo.​

Childbirth is called ____.​

​The cyclical shedding of the lining of the uterus in response to changes in hormonal levels is called ____________________.

The special type of cellular division that produces the sex cells is called mitosis

​A(n) ____ pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants in tissues other than the lining of the uterus, usually outside the uterine cavity.

Each ovarian ____ contains an immature egg and its surrounding tissues.​

​The uterine wall is composed of three tissue layers; the middle layer is called the ____.

The ____ glands function to produce milk to nourish the newborn baby.​

​The ovarian cycle is stimulated when the anterior pituitary secretes ____.

​After the egg ruptures from the mature graafian follicle, the follicle becomes the ____.

During the ____ phase of the menstrual cycle, the zona pellucida develops around each egg.​

​As a zygote moves down the uterine tube, it undergoes a series of rapid mitotic divisions that result in a hollow balllike mass of cells called a(n) ____________________

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ a.​coitus b.​prepuce c.​acrosome d.​ova e.​zygote f.​testes g.​oocyte h.​amnion i.​ovaries j.​fimbriae -​fingerlike projections of the oviduct

The Cowper's gland surrounds the superior portion of the urethra in males​

The network of ducts in the testis is called the ____ testis.​

​Infection by Treponema pallidum causes the sexually transmitted disease ____.

​Sperm cell maturation is stimulated by ____

​The ____ is a comma-shaped structure located along the posterior border of a testis.

Matching Match the description with the corresponding term.​ a.​coitus b.​prepuce c.​acrosome d.​ova e.​zygote f.​testes g.​oocyte h.​amnion i.​ovaries j.​fimbriae -​male gonads

The ____ tube transports the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.​