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Reproductive System
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Health Care
9th Grade
09/07/2010

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Term
labia
Definition
Protective folds of tissue surroding the sensitive sex organs.
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ovaries
Definition
glands that produce the females eggs and sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.
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fallopian tubes
Definition
passageway for the egg place where conception occurs.
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uterus
Definition
place where the baby develps
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cervix
Definition
neck of the uterus
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urethral oposing
Definition
where urine leaves the body
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clitiors
Definition
senstive organ center of sexual excitment
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vagina
Definition
where blood leaves the body during menstruation where the penis goes during sex.
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monspubis
Definition
soft tissue after puberty is covered in hair
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urethra
Definition
tube from bladder where urine leaves the body.
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seminal vesicles
Definition
glands that produce the fluid semen to cary the sperm out of the males body.
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prostrate
Definition
produces most seminal fluid in the male
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coupers gland
Definition
gland which produces a clear sticky fluid when the male is sexually exxcited
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penis
Definition
where the urine leaves the males body
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urethra
Definition
passageway through which urine ans semen leave the penis.
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testes
Definition
glands that produce sperm and male sex hormones
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scrotum
Definition
pouch of skin that holds the testes and controls temperture for sperm production
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vas deferens
Definition
passageway for the sperm
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epididymis
Definition
coiled tube system in which sperm mature
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glans
Definition
the end of the penis filled with nerves
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fetus
Definition
the last 7 mounths of prental development
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fertizlation
Definition
first 2 mounths of develpent in the uterus
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erection
Definition
when the penis becomes enlarged
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epididiymis
Definition
stores sperm cells
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