Reproductive Organs
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ericapixie on March 30, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 testis | produce sperm |
| epididymis | stores sperm |
| vas deferens | transport sperm to urethra |
| urethra | recieves seminal secrations from testes and accessory glands; also drains excretory products from urinary bladder (no reproductive function in females) |
| seminal vesicles | secrete alkaline fluids that aid in neurtralizing vaginal acidity and contain nutrients to promote sperm motility and viablity and hormones to stimulate uterine contractions |
| bulbourethral glands | produce alkaline secretions that assist in lubrication and also aid in neutralizatin of vaginal acidity |
| preputial gland | secrete alakaine fluid to neutralize acidity of the vagina and provide lubrication |
| penis | deposits semen in female reprodcutive tract, also experts urine from the body (after birth) |
| ovary | produce eggs |
| oviduct | receives egg at ovulation; site of fertilization |
| uterine horns | site of implantation and embryonic development (only animals that produce litters) |
| vagina | receive penis during copulation; serves as part of the birth canal |
| urogenital sinus | common chamber formed by junction of the urethra and the vagina that drains urine from the body and serves as part of the reproductive canal during copulataion and birth |
| genital papilla | develops into the clitoris (in humans and other mammals) |
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