ZOO 3731- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 47 pages long!)
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Female accessory reproductive organs ducts that carry gametes to site of fertilization. Male accessory reproductive system ducts that carry gametes to outside of body. In puberty, what happens when the hypothalamus is signaled. In puberty, what does the anterior pituitary secrete. Female urogenital triangle contains urethral. vaginal orifice. and anus. Male urogenital triangle contains penis, scrotum, and anus. Provides the testes with a cooler environment than body temperature; thermoregulation; outside because they are sensitive to. Raphe ridge-like seam at the mid-line that separates the two scrotal sacs dartos muscle a layer of smooth muscle that is part of the wall of the scrotum and contracts when cold and relaxes when hot. Pampiniform plexus: function cools down warm blood in the testicular artery. Testes: function produce sperm; secrete male sex hormone (testosterone) Androgens male sex hormones; most common one being testosterone. Tunica vaginalis serous membrane that covers each testis; has two layers (parietal and visceral)
