Reproductive System

    Reproductive System
    Male sterilisation (vasectomy) involves the cutting of which tube?
    Vasectomy involves removing a piece of the ductus deferens (vas deferens) from a site within the scrotum.
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    Which of the following is/are NOT associated with the male reproductive system?
    Estrogens are female sex hormones. BTW, the tunica vaginalis is the serous membrane around the scrotal cavity.
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    What is the section of the male reproductive tract within which sperm are produced called?
    The seminiferous tubules of the testes produce sperm.
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    What is the function of progesterone?
    Progesterone prepares the uterus lining for pregnancy (and causes the number of peg cells in the fallopian tube to increase).
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    What is the chromosome complement of a sperm?
    Sperm are haploid (have 23 chromosomes) so that when they fuse with the egg (also with 23 chromosomes), the zygote has 46 chromosomes. The X or Y chromosome of the sperm, in conjunction with the X of the egg, then determines the sex of the baby.
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    Which cells are targeted by luteinising hormone (LH) inducing the production of which of the listed products?
    Choices A and B are caused by FSH, while progesterone causes the uterus epithelium to proliferate.
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    Which one of the following is a primary sex characteristic of a male human?
    Male babies are born with a prostate gland. All the other listed characteristics develop during puberty.
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    Below is a list of structures and (in brackets) a hormone that they might produce. Which list is correct?
    The anterior pituitary produces and releases FSH and LH.
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    What is the function of the hormone progesterone?
    Progesterone causes the lining of the uterus to thicken in preparation for implantation.
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    Which of the following is NOT a function of estrogens?
    The corpus luteum is maintained by luteinising hormone.
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