REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Giselle Gaona Sanchez p.6)
Major functions:
Male reproductive structures
Female reproductive structures
Hormones
Female hormonal cycle:
STDS/STI
To produce sperm and eggs
To nurture a developing offspring
To produce hormones
transport and sustain gametes
Testes (sex organ)
Ductus system (delivery of sperm)
seminal vesicle
prostate gland
ovaries
Uterine Fallopian tube
uterus
Labias
clitoris
mon pubic
vestibule
Ovarian cycle:
Uterine mentrual cycle:
Follicular phase days 1-14
Ovulation day 14 - spike increases in LH
Luteal phase days 15-28 : expells the oocyte(egg)
Menstration: decline in estrogen and progesterone
Proliferative phase : estrogen stimulates growth of blood vessels
Secretory phase: rising levels of progesterone by corpus
gonadotropin releasing hormone: releases by hypothalamus
Follicle stimulating hormone: stimulates the development and maturation of primary follicle
Luteinizing hormone: triggers ovulation as it spikes
Inhibin: decreases release of FSH
Herpes: small sores, penis cluster of blisters
Genital general warts: internal warts caused by human pailloma virus
AIDS: caused by HIV and and can be passed on through blood or genes
Pubic lice or crabs: parasite looking crabs