Reproductive System

The corpus luteum (left behind when the ovum is released) produces most of the progesterone.

The ejaculatory ducts commence where the ducts of the seminal glands join the vas deferens and end where the vas deferens join with the urethra.

The corpus luteum (which develops from the follicle after ovulation) produces progesterone.

Fluid from the “peg” cells of Fallopian tube assist in the capacitation of sperm allowing them to fertilise the egg.

The thecal cells of the follicles produce androstenedione which is absorbed by the granulosa cells and used to produce estrogens. (The corpus luteum does secrete some estrogens too.)

The sperm are physically mature when they enter the epididymis but need to be capacitated by fluid from the seminal glands and the fallopian tube’s peg cells. Most of the volume of the ejaculate comes from the seminal glands.

Bartholin’s glands (or greater vestibular glands) are possessed by women. The male homologue is Cowper’s gland (bulbourethral glands). The inguinal canal is present in women where it attaches to the round ligament of the uterus, as well as in men.

After puberty, humans are sexually mature, meaning that they can produce viable sex cells (gametes). Secondary (not primary) sex characteristics develop during puberty, while apocrine sweat glands (not eccrine) become functional after puberty.

FSH stimulates the production or maturation of gametes. In the male, the production of sperm.

Granulosa cells surround the ovum that was formed before birth.