Male Reproductive
This structure stores and matures sperm cells after they are produced in the testes.
What is the epididymis?
The release of this hormone signifies the beginning of puberty.
What is Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH)?
This hormone helps maintain the uterine lining during pregnancy
What is progesterone?
This is the most common form of contraception.
What is oral birth control (the pill)?
This term describes a developing human from the ninth week until birth.
What is a fetus?
The sugar that spermatozoa use as energy.
What is fructose?
This is the term for the natural selection of eggs that are the most fit to become an embryo.
What is atresia?
This is the key action of the expulsion stage of birth.
Crowning
Name the fine, slick hair on the baby when it's born.
What is Lanugo?
The discoloration of the skin in pregnant women.
What is a chloasma?
This hormone, produced by the anterior pituitary gland, stimulates testosterone production in the testes.
What is luteinizing hormone (LH)?
The primary oocyte must go through this type of cell division to become a secondary oocyte.
What is meiosis I?
This hormone released from the posterior pituitary stimulates uterine contractions during labor.
What is oxytocin?
This embryonic germ layer gives rise to the nervous system and epidermis.
What is the ectoderm?
An incision in the posterior vaginal wall. Currently, it is more common to allow this to happen naturally.
What is an episiotomy?
These cells within the seminiferous tubules support developing sperm cells and help form the blood-testis barrier.
What are Sertoli cells?
During Meiosis II, this part of the egg is discarded.
What is the Second Polar Body?
This fetal circulation structure allows blood to bypass the fetal lungs by moving directly from the right atrium to the left atrium.
What is the foramen ovale?
This membrane contributes to the GI tract and the formation of the first blood and germ cells.
What is the yolk sac?
High blood pressure in pregnant women.
What is preeclampsia?
Spermatocytes mature into spermatids in this structure of the testis
What is the seminiferous tubule?
This hormone causes the follicle to release the egg.
What is Luteinizing Hormone (LH)?
This is the nutritious fluid that is lactated for the first few days after birth.
What is colostrum?
Name the shunt that diverts blood from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta.
What is the ductus arteriosus?
Give rise to the uterine tubes and uterus.
What are the Mullerian ducts?