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Testicles - CORRECT ANSWER -- 2 testes located in the scrotal sac
- left defended further than the right
- produces hormones and immature sperm
- analogous to the ovaries
- very vulnerable
Cremaster muscles function - CORRECT ANSWER -- contract and release
to:
1 - regulated temperature of sperm (just below body temp)
2 - contracts when sexually aroused in anticipation of ejaculation
3 -- during fight or flight (high adrenaline)
the ejaculation - CORRECT ANSWER -- sperm mixed with seminal vesicle
fluid and prostate fluid (70%)
- only some sperm have the right constitutions to unite with egg (the rest are
Kamikaze sperm to help)
- seminiferous tubules > epididymis > vas deferens > through seminal vesicals >
prostate (ejaculatory duct) > exited out the uerethra
Priapism - CORRECT ANSWER -- persistent and painful erection that lasts
for hours due to spongey tissue holding into blood for too long = stretched
tissue
- caused by circulatory disorder, hypertension, or drugs
peyronie's disease - CORRECT ANSWER -- curvature of penis due to build
up of scar tissue and calcium deposits in spongy tissue
, - blockage of blood and pain
clitoral sensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER -- same number of nerve
endings/glands as a penis but more sensitive because they are concentrated in a
small region
The vagina - CORRECT ANSWER -- 10 - 14 cm long with few nerve
endings
- purpose for intercourse, and acts as a canal for blood and birth
- angled towards back with walls lined together, potential space that you put
something there
- secretes fluids to clean vagina and keep bacteria out as well as for lubrication
when aroused
primary amenorrhea - CORRECT ANSWER -- not menstruating
- start worrying around 16
secondary amenorrhea - CORRECT ANSWER -- absence of period for 3+
months in women who menstruate
- causes: endocrine disorder (not making enough estrogen), too thin/not enough
body fat, and experiencing extreme stress, illness or injury (survival
mechanism)
endometriosis - CORRECT ANSWER -- part of the uterine lining breaks
away, travelling down Fallopian tube into abdominal cavity where it binds and
grows outside the uterus causing severe cramps and pain
ectopic pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER -- fertilized egg implants
somewhere other than the uterus (typically the Fallopian tube)