Reproductive systems

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What are sex cells called?
Gametes
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sex cells in females?
eggs (ova)
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what is FSH and what is it responsible for ?
follicle simulating hormone, responsible for simulating mature follicles
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What is LH and what is it responsible for?
Luterusing hormone, responsible for simulating ovulation
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What does a drop in progesterone cause?
uterine lining to generate (endometrium) during menstruation
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What feedback system is initiated when projesterone levels drop?
negative feedback system, cycle begins again and FSH is produced
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when does the developement of tests begin?
6 week of pregnancy
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where does spermatogenesis take place?
in the testes. optimum body temperature for production 2-3 degrees cooler than body temp
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What happens if testes do not descend from their original position?
spermogenesis cannot occur due to high temperature
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where does the sperm undergo maturation?
tha vasdifferens, which then carries sperm to the epidumis
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What do leg dig cells do?
secrete sex hormones. these then produce sperm and secrete sex hormones
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when sperms divide by mitosis what do they create?
spermatocytes
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process sperm goes through?
spermocyte, meiosis, spermatoid cell, spermatozoa
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what is capacitation?
readying of the sperm. takes 5-7hrs
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what is the reaction called which makes the sperm and oocyte react?
accrosome reaction
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what reaction makes the egg impermeable to other sperms?
zone reaction
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once fertilised what does the gamete become?
a zygote
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what is the rapid cell division called where a group of cells is formed?
cleavage
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what does a gamete become after cleavage?
a morula
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continued cell division results in the formation of?
blastocyst
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