Anatomy and Physiology Semester 2 Exam Study Guide

Anatomy and Physiology Semester 2 Exam Study Guide Use this guide to direct your attention toward the information to be covered by the test. 1. What are the male gonads? approximately how long?

2. What is the term for a fertilized egg? 19. What are the secondary sex characteristics typical of males? 3. Which structures in the testis are the sites of spermatogenesis? 20. Where does fertilization occur?

4. Which cells in the testis produce 21. The journey of the oocyte through the testosterone? uterine tubes to the uterus following ovulation normally takes: 5. Where do maturing sperm gain their ability ______. to swim? 22. The inner mucosal layer of the uterus that is 6. How many chromosomes are found in each sloughed off approximately every 28 days is sperm and ovum? called the: ______.

7. About how long does the whole process of 23. The hormone responsible for ovulation is: spermatogenesis last? ______.

8. Where in the female body does fertilization 24. The menstrual cycle is ______days usually occur? long.

9. What is the most common method of male 25. For a sperm cell to fertilize an ovum, sexual birth control? intercourse must occur no more than ______hours before ovulation. 10. Name four secondary sex characteristics seen in females after puberty? 26. Many home pregnancy tests assay for ______within a woman's urine. 11. What is the exocrine function of the male testes? 27. All the organ systems are laid down, at least in rudimentary form, and the embryo looks 12. The actual "sperm-forming factories" of the distinctly human by the ______of male reproductive system that empty sperm embryonic development. into the rete testes are called the: 28. Parturition is another term for: 13. Maturing sperm gain their ability to swim ______. while in the: 29. The normal period of human gestation is calculated as ______from the last 14. Normal healthy semen has an approximate menstrual period. pH level of what? 30. Irregular uterine contractions called Braxton Hicks are also called ______. 15. What are the components of sperm? 31. What two hormones initiate labor? 32. The first menstrual period, which usually 16. Pregnancy is generally improbable with a occurs at approximately age 13, is called: sperm count lower than ______. 33. List and describe the three major stages of 17. When does spermatogenesis begin? the menstrual cycle.

18. The entire process of spermatogenesis takes 34. List and describe the three stages of labor.