Reproductive System - Self Assessment

The human reproductive system produces, stores, nourishes, and transports functional male and female reproductive cells called:

Fertilization, also known as conception, is where a male gamete and a female gamete:

A ______ is the term used for the single cell created by the fusion of a male gamete (from the father) with a female gamete (from the mother).

The gradual transformation of a single cell into a functional adult, over 15 to 20 years, is the process of _______, which is directed by hormones of the reproductive system.

The reproductive system includes each of the following components EXCEPT:

In both males and females, the reproductive system ducts are connected to chambers and passageways, constituting the ______ that open to the exterior of the body.

In adult males, the testes secrete sex hormones called:

During emission, mature spermatozoa travel along a lengthy duct system where they are mixed with secretions of accessory glands forming:

In adult human females, the ovaries (female gonads) typically release only one immature gamete, called an oocyte, per:

The immature oocyte travels along short uterine tubes, ending in a muscular organ called the uterus, and a short passageway called the ______ connects the uterus with the exterior.

During sexual intercourse, ejaculation of the male introduces semen into the vagina and the ______ ascend the female reproductive tract and if a sperm reaches the oocyte in the uterus the process of fertilization is initiated.

After initialization of fertilization, the oocyte matures into an ovum, and the uterus is enclosed to support the next step of development into a:

Proceeding from a male testis, spermatozoa travel within each of the following except:

Accessory organs of the male reproductive system, which secrete various fluids into the ejaculatory ducts and urethra, include each of the following except:

The male external genitalia consists of the:

In the testes, ______ are responsible for the production of androgens, the dominant sex hormones in males.

Spermatozoa are generated by the process of spermatogenesis, which involves three integrated processes in the following order:

Spermatogonia (stem cells) divide by ______ to produce daughter cells, some of which differentiate into primary spermatocytes.

Meiosis is a special form of cell division involved in gamete production, where gametes contain:

In the seminiferous tubules, meiotic divisions that begin with primary spermatocytes produce:

Spermatozoa are:

The principal organs of the female reproductive system include each of the following EXCEPT the:

Which of the following functions do the ovaries not perform:

The interior tissues, or ______ of the ovary can be divided into: (a) superficial cortex (where gametes are produced); and (b) deeper medulla.

Oogenesis (or ovum production), begins before a woman's birth, accelerates at puberty, and ends at menopause, and between puberty and menopause, oogenesis occurs monthly as part of the:

The female stem cells, oogonia (unlike spermatogonia) complete their ______ divisions before birth.

Between the ______ of female fetal development, the daughter cells (primary oocytes), prepare to undergo meiosis.

After undergoing the first steps of meiosis the process comes to a halt and the primary oocytes remain in a state of suspended development until the individual reaches puberty when rising levels of ______ trigger the start of ovulation.

Not all primary oocytes produced during development will survive until puberty and while the ovaries have around 2 million primordial follicles at birth (each containing a primary oocyte), degeneration by a process called ______ results in a drop in this number to around 400,000 by puberty.

The follicular phase is also known as the:

Which step occurs AFTER ovulation?

The menstrual (uterine) cycle averages 28 days in length in humans and can be divided into three stages in which order

During menses there is a degeneration (and progressive loss) of the functional zone of the endometrium, which is sloughed by a process called:

In the days after menses, there is a functional reorganization for restoration of the functional zone of the endometrium, stimulated and sustained by:

The secretory phase of the uterine cycle lasts around:

The activity of the female reproductive tract is under hormonal control, involving an inter-play between secretions of both the ______ and the gonads to co-ordinate the ovarian and uterine cycles.

Which of the following is NOT an estrogen circulating in the bloodstream:

Each of the estrogens have similar effects on target tissues and these include each of the following EXCEPT:

Mammary glands are specialized organs of the female integumentary system that are controlled mainly by hormones of the reproductive system and by the ______, a temporary structure that provides the embryo or fetus with nutrients.

______ usually defined as the time that ovulation and menstruation cease, is accompanied by a decline in circulating concentrations of estrogen and progesterone and a sharp sustained rise in the production of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH).

What are gametes?

What is fertilization?

What is a zygote?

What is development?

What are gonads?

What is the reproductive tract?

What are androgens?

What is semen?

What is ovulation?

What is the uterus?

What is the vagina?

What is the journey of sperm?

What is an embryo?

What is the epididymis?

What is the prostate gland?

What are the male external genitalia?

What are interstitial (Leydig) cells?

What is spermatogenesis?

What is mitosis?

What is meiosis?

What is spermiogenesis?

What is oogenesis?

What is the ovarian cortex?

What is the ovarian medulla?

What is the ovarian cycle?

What is atresia?

What is the follicular phase?

What is the corpus luteum?

What is the menstrual (uterine) cycle?

What is menses?

What is the proliferative phase?

What is the secretory phase?

What is the pituitary gland?

What is estradiol?

What is menopause?