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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 female sex cell, one will be released every cycle. Born with 400,000 immature ones. Mature live about 24 hours | Egg/Ova/Ovum |
| Female sex organ, eggs mature and are released from here | Ovaries |
| The egg is released from the ovary and is drawn into this. If sperm are present, it is here that they may combine | Fallopian Tube |
| Finger like projections of the F.T. that draws the egg into the tube | Fimbria |
| A musclar (strong, elastic) organ where the baby develops. Rich blood lining also forms here every cycle | uterus |
| the opening to the uterus | cervix |
| "birth canal" the flexible tube where the baby is delivered through. The penis is also placed here during sex | Vagina |
| A small cluster of tissue that is sensitive when touched | Clitoris |
| The thin tissue that partially covers the opening of the vagina | Hymen |
| The two folds of tissue that cover and protect the openings of the urethra and vagina. Most outer part is ___ (2 answers go here) | Labia; Vulva |
| During and after pregnancy, gets ready to deliver milk. Mammary gland | Breasts |
| the cycle that involves the uterus filling with blood, getting ready for a possible pregnancy. The blood will remain and get thicker if pregnancy occurs. If not, body gets rid of blood | Menstrual Cycle |
| releasing of an egg | Ovulation |
| The releasing of the blood lining from the uterus | Menstruation |
| When the whole cycle ends. No period. No ovulation. | Menopause |
| male reproductive cells (millions produced, starts during puberty) | sperm |
| Male sex organ where sperm are produced | Testes/Testicle |
| "Storehouse" for sperm; sperm mature here | Epididymis |
| tube that carries sperm to penis; sperm leaves testicle and travel through here inorder to get to urethra | Vas Deferens |
| tube from bladder to penis and out of body (carries urine and semen but never at same time) | Urethra |
| produce seminal fluid; nutrients for sperm stored here | seminal vesicles |
| produces seminal fluid; white fluid that sperm mixed w/ mature here | prostate gland |
| nutrient rich fluid carrying sperm | semen |
| 2 tiny pea sized glands that provide seminal fluid (so fluid can travel thru urethra to neutralize and urine left on walls) | cowpers gland |
| male reproductive organ | penis |
| fold of skin that covers the end of the penis | foreskin |
| surgically cutting off all or part of the foreskin | circumcision |
| sac of skin that holds the testes | scrotum |
| state when penis is filled with semen (spongy tissue of penis filled with blood, penis becomes hard, necessary for sex to take place) | erection |
| the release of sperm out of penis or urethra | ejaculation |
| when sperm is released during sleep; natural process, built up semen | nocturnal emission |
| tip of penis | glans |
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