Biology Vocab From Chapter 33

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Ovaries

Back 1

organs in which egg cells and hormones are produced

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Follicle

Back 2

a cluster of cells that surround, protect and nourish a developing egg cell

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Uterus

Back 3

a hollow, muscular organ with thick walls roughly the size and shape of a pear-contains and protects the developing baby

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Cervix

Back 4

connects the uterus to the vagina

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Vagina

Back 5

a flexible thin walled organ that receives the penis and the sperm during intercourse-birth canal by which the baby exits during birth

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Testes

Back 6

sperm cell begins their development here –male reproductive organ that produces sperm and hormones

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Scrotum

Back 7

sac like structure that houses the testes outside of the abdomen

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Epididymis

Back 8

a long, thin, coiled tube attached to each testes-place where sperm matures and is stored

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Semen

Back 9

the fluids along with sperm cells –emitted during the process of ejaculation

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Vas deferens

Back 10

tube that conveys sperm between the epididymis and the urethra

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Penis

Back 11

male reproductive organ, also containing the urethra, and functions in eliminating urine from the body.

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Ovulation

Back 12

release of a secondary oocyte from an ovarian follicle

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Ovum

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the mature egg cell with a haploid nucleus that is capable of fusing with a sperm nucleus