Anatomy Reproductive System ch 19

Progesterone

• a. is produced after ovulation

• b. stimulates the thickening of the uterine lining and initiates the menstrual cycle

• c. causes the development and maintenance of the secondary sex characteristics

• both a and b

A female is fertile for

• 30-40 years

• 40-60 years

• a lifetime

• none of the above

The organ that contains the strongest muscle of the human body

• penis

• uterus

• vagina

• testes

The ending of the menstrual cycles in a woman is called

• endometriosis

• episiotomy

• menopause

• oophorectomy

Which is not part of the female reproductive system?

• Bartholin's glands

• Hymen

• Epididymis

• Clitoris

The human reproductive system

• guarantees the survival of mankind

• is the same for males and females

• produces exact copies of their parents

• all of these

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The essential organs for men and women are

• the gonads

• the mammary glands

• urethra

• uterus

The testes are surrounded by a pouch-like skin structure

• a. called the scrotum

• b. that provides the sperm with much needed cooler temperatures to develop

• c. that helps in delivering sperm to the female reproductive system

• that is both a and b

Males are fertile

• age 10 to 75

• age 10 and continues a lifetime

• age 18 and continues a lifetime

• never fertile

the tail of a sperm is

• high in mitochondria

• make of up DNA

• the part that penetrates the egg in fertilization

• all of these