Reproductive System Lab - Week 16

Reproductive System Lab - Week 16

1. What is the advantage for a species of pregnancy and lactation?

The infant has a much greater chance of survival.

2. What are tasks of female and male reproduction?

The tasks are to produce an offspring and provide it with nutrition and warmth.

3. How does female and male reproductive anatomy and physiology reflect these tasks?

Females produce the eggs, while the men produce sperm.

4. Define gamete, egg, sperm, conception, ovulation, menarche, and menopause.

• Gamete- A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

• Egg- A female gamete; an ovum.

• Sperm- A male gamete or reproductive cell.

• Conception- the action of conceiving a child

• Ovulation- The release of an egg cell (ovum) from the ovary in female animals.

• Menarche- The first occurrence of menstruation.

• Menopause- the ceasing of menstruation.

Part II - Female and Male Reproductive Anatomy Labeling

Go to the following website and correctly identify each structure. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073031216/student_view0/exercise48/the_female_reproductive_system.html

5. When you finish, take a screen shot and paste it here:

6. On the same website, click Male Reproductive System and complete another labeling exercise, and paste your screen shot here:

Part III - Matching

Match the following functions with each male reproductive structure

|__A___Scrotal sac |Contain and regulate temperature of testes |

|___B__Testis |Sperm and testosterone production |

|___C__Epidiymis |Site of sperm maturation |

|___J__Glans penis...