<p> 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?</p><p>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?</p><p>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: ______.</p><p>7. About how long does the whole process of 23. The hormone responsible for ovulation is: spermatogenesis last? ______.</p><p>8. Where in the female body does fertilization 24. The menstrual cycle is ______days usually occur? long.</p><p>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.</p><p>18. The entire process of spermatogenesis takes 34. List and describe the three stages of labor.</p>