Reproductive System Practice Quiz

What cells support and nourish growing spermatocytes?

What is the role of luteinizing hormone in spermatogenesis?

What structure produces human chorionic gonadotropin?

After a zygote undergoes mitosis and forms a bundle of cells, what is the next stage called?

What does oxytocin control during child birth?

What structure helps to support and protect the fetus against shock and trauma?

What organ secretes follicle stimulating hormone?

In males, where does meiosis take place?

What region serves as the sperm "swim school"?

What structure adds an alkaline fluid to semen?

What is the role of the seminal vesicles?

After swimming to the egg, what is the first step in fertilization of an egg by sperm?

What happens during the cortical reaction?

What is the jelly-like layer of the egg cell that becomes the fertilization envelope?

After ovulation, what is the structure that forms from the remaining follicle cells in the ovary in the presence of LH?

What does the trophoblast layer of the blastocyst develop into?

Name cells involved in the stages of spermatogenesis, beginning with spermatogonia.

How many gametes are produced from one primary oocyte during oogenesis?

What is the structure that forms a narrow opening between the uterus and vagina?

After an ovum is released from the ovary, what structure does it enter?

Where are Sertoli cells located?

At the time of ovulation, are estrogen levels low or high?

In the first few days of the menstrual cycle, are levels of progesterone low or high?

How is in vitro fertilization different from natural fertilization in humans?