Reproductive System

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Reproductive System

• Chapter 23
• By Angie Lawson RN, BSN

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The Male Reproductive System
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Testes

• Testicles
• Testosterone male hormone
• Scrotum located between the thighs, houses the
  testes
• Seminiferous tubules forms sperm
• Spermatogenesis

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Genital Ducts

• Epididymis where sperm mature
• Vas deferens carries sperm
• Ejaculatory ducts carries sperm
• Urethra carries sperm

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Accessory Glands

• Seminal vesicles
• Prostate gland
• Bulbourethral
• glands

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Semen (seed)

• 60 comes from the seminal vesicles
• PH is 7.2 7.6
• Volume 2 6 ml
• Number of sperm
• 50-100 million

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External Genitals

• Scrotum
• Penis
• Glans penis
• Foreskin/Prepuce removed during circumsision
• Smegma

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Male Sex Hormones

• Testosterone - necessary for sperm production
• Follicle stimulating hormone- stimualates cells
  to respond to testosterone promoting
  spermatogenisis
• Luteinizing hormone also known as interstitial
  cell-stimulating hormone

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The Female Reproductive System
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Ovaries

• Egg development
• Ovulation
• Ovarian hormones
• Estrogen
• Progesterone

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Genital Tract

• Fallopian
• tubes
• Uterus
• Vagina

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External Genitals

• Vulva
• Labia majora
• Labia minora
• Mons pubis
• Clitoris
• Bartholins glands
• Perineum area between the vagina and anus

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Reproductive Cycles

• Ovarian cycle
• Follicular phase
• Luteal phase
• Uterine cycle
• Menstrual phase
• Proliferative phase
• Secretory phase

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Birth Control Methods

• Barrier methods
• Hormonal
• contraceptives
• Surgical methods
• Intrauterine devices
• Behavioral methods
• RU - 486