Review - Male Reproductive System (part 2)

Gap-Fill Exercise - There are words to choose from at the bottom of the page.



21. The word gonad comes from the Greek word "gonos" meaning .
22. A fluid mixture called semen could contain cells, , and alkaline seminal fluids from the prostate and glands.
23. Chromosome replication does NOT precede nuclear division in .
24. During meiosis, the first stage which differs from mitosis is .
25. Each sperm cell contains chromosomes.
26. Each sperm-producing cell will produce sperm cells.
27. Failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum before birth is called .
28. If the normal diploid number of chromosomes in an organism is 8, how many chromsomes are
present in each of the two daughter cells at the end of meiosis I?
29. Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone has a feedback effect on testosterone
secretion.
30. Removal of the foreskin from the glans penis is called .
31. Sperm cells are suspended in the scrotum, outside the body, so as to keep them .
32. Testosterone, the male sex hormone, is secreted by cells.
33. The acrosome contains to help penetrate the egg.
34. The period of time during which the reproductive organs mature fully is called .
35. The secretions produced by the seminal vesicles and the prostate have an pH.
36. The testes are surrounded by a tough membrane called the .
37. Describe the route sperm cells follow when they are ejaculated to the exterior? Seminiferous tubules ---> ---> --->
38. Which reproductive structures are considered accessory organs? Scrotum, penis, gland, seminal , bulbourethral or cowpers gland.
39. At which locations within the testes do the sperm form by meiosis? In the tubules
40. What organs are called the male gonads?
41. What are the functions of testosterone? Increased body and facial , maturation of the organs, increased protein metabolism resulting in larger .

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