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The reproductive organs…

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Produce sex cells and hormones, sustain them, or transport them.

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Primary male sex organs are

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The testes, which produce sperm cells and male sex hormones.

3
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A sperm cell consists of…

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A head, mid piece, and tail

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The male internal accessory organs include…

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The epididymides, 
ductus deferentia, 
seminal vesicles, 
prostate gland, 
bulbourethral glands.
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The male external reproductive organs include…

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The scrotum, testes, and penis

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Orgasm is the culmination of…

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Sexual stimulation. The mission and ejaculation accompanied male orgasm.

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Male reproductive functions are controlled by…

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hypothalamic and pituitary hormones, FSH and LH. Male sex hormone is are called androgens, with testosterone the most important.

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The primary female sex organs are

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The ovaries, which produced female sex cells and sex hormones

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Ovulation is the release of

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A secondary oocyte from an ovary. The release of an oocyte involves structures, including the primordial follicles, and the processes of oogenesis and follicle maturation.

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The female internal accessory organs include

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Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina

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The female external reproductive organs include

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The labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibule

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The hypothalamus, anterior pituitary gland, and ovaries secrete hormones that control sex cell maturation.

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They also control development and maintenance of female secondary sex characteristics and changes that occur during the monthly reproductive cycle.

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The most important female sex hormones are

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Oestrogens and progesterone

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The female reproductive cycle is approximately

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28 days in length.

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A females reproductive life is shorter than that of a male, beginning with menarche during puberty and…

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ending with menopause