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Title: Human Reproductive System


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Human Reproductive System
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Male Reproductive System
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Sperm Formation
  • MEIOSIS - spermatogenesis
  • Form in testes
  • Temperature important!
  • Scrotum
  • Leave testes via epididymus to the vas deferens

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Semen
  • Fluids help to transport, feed, and protect
    sperm
  • Seminal vesicles
  • Prostate gland
  • Bulbourethral glands

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Secondary Sexual Characteristics - Male
  • Produced by testosterone
  • Deeper voice
  • Axillary and pubic hair
  • Chest and facial hair
  • Lengthen bones
  • Increased size of testes for sperm production

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Female Reproductive System
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Ovum Formation
  • MEIOSIS - oogenesis
  • Ova are formed before birth
  • 1 ovum per month is matured and released from
    ovaries ovulation

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Secondary Sexual Characteristics - Female
  • Induced by increased LH, FSH, estrogen, and
    progesterone hormone levels
  • Axillary and pubic hair
  • Widen pelvis
  • Enlarge mammary tissue
  • Begin menstrual cycles

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Fertilization
  • Occurs in upper 1/3 of Fallopian tube
  • Once one sperm enters, egg membrane changes
  • Fertilized egg zygote

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Implantation
  • Implanted into thick walls of uterus
  • Chorion membranes dig into uterus to form
    placenta
  • Embryo supported via umbilical cord
  • Once pregnant, progesterone levels stay high in
    mom

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1st Trimester
  • Heart develops first
  • Neural tube develops
  • All body systems appear by Week 8 Now a Fetus

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2nd Trimester
  • Mostly growth
  • Looks more like a baby
  • Some preemies survive at this stage

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3rd Trimester
  • More growth
  • Kicking, rolling, stretching
  • Eyes open Week 32
  • Lungs mature
  • Rotates to head-down
  • position
  • a)placenta, b) umbilical, c)uterus, d)amniotic
  • fluid

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Birth
  • Labor
  • Uterine contractions begin(Oxytocin)
  • Cervix dilates to 10 cm.
  • Birth
  • Uterus pushes baby through vaginal canal
  • Placenta delivered after

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