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| Androgens | steriod hormones that are produced in the male embyro and causes it to produce the male reproductive system |
| puberty | period of rapid growth and sexual maturation, when the reproductive organs become fully functional |
| Testes | male reproductive organm that produces sperm and the hormone testosterone |
| Testosterone | hormone that develops and maintains that male reproductive systems and the secondary sex characteristics |
| scrotum | sac like stucture that suspends the testes from the abdominal wall of the body |
| seminferous tubules | tightly coiled tubules in the testes where spermatogenesis |
| epididymus | comma shaped stucture along side each testis where mature sperm are stored |
| Vas Deferens | the passageway of spem from the epididymus |
| cowpers gland, seminal vesicles and prostate gland | the three structures that produce seminal fluid, the medium of transport for sperm |
| Semen | a combination of seminal fluid a sperm |
| urethra | a tube that merges with the vas deferens and extends through the penis to the outside enviroment |
| ejactulation | the release of semen from the male body |
| ovaries | the female reproductive organs that produces the hormones estrogen and progesterone |
| fallopian tube | the passageway pf the egg from the ovary to the uterus |
| uterus | the thick walled, muscular organ where the embryo develops |
| Cervix | the neck or opening of the uterus |
| menstrual cycle | the monthly preparation of the uterus to recieve a fertilized egg |
| ovulation | stage in which the follicle ruptures and releases a mature egg |
| menopause | time in which the cycle ceases or stops |
| fertilization | process in which the egg and the sperm of the same organism join |
| zygote | single cell that results from fertilization |
| cleavages | mitoti cell divisions of the zygote that takes place immediately ofter fetilization in the fallopian tube |
| Implantation | the process in which the embryo becomes attached to the walls of the uterus |
| Placenta | and organ that is the connection between the mother and the developing organism and is formed by the membrnae called the chorian |
| Afterbirth | process in which the placenta, the amnion , the sac that caontained the organism during development and the excess uterine tissue are expelled from the vagina |
