HLTH108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Dense Irregular Connective Tissue, Vas Deferens, Tunica Vaginalis
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29th of may 2018: reproductive system: world heath organisation (who): Gender identity: reflects a deeply felt and experienced sense of one"s own. Gender expression: refers to the way in which an individual outwardly presents gender. this gender. Sex refers to the biological characteristics that define humans as female or male. Intersex: people are born with physical or biological sex characteristics that do not fit the traditional definitions of male or female: function of the reproductive system: Rete testis: female reproductive organs, male reproductive system, male reproductive organs: Ducts: epididymis, ductus deferens, ejaculatory ducts and urethra. Accessory sex glands: seminal vesicles, prostate and bulbourethral glands. Internally divided by the scrotal septum into 2 sacks and externally by the scrotal raphe. Dartos muscle smooth muscle, wrinkles and relaxes the skin of the scrotum. Cremaster muscle skeletal muscle, elevates and lowers the testes: gonads. Serous covering tunica vaginalis (derived from the peritoneum) Fibrous capsule tunica albunginea (dense irregular connective tissue)