1. Male Reproductive System

2. Structure and Function
Sperm – Reproductive cells in males
Testes – oval shaped, male reproductive glands
2 Functions:
Produce testosterone (sex hormone that affects production of sperm and signals certain physical changes at puberty)
Produce sperm
Hang outside the body in sac of skin called scrotum
Penis – the external sexual organ in which sperm leave the body

3. Pathway of Sperm Produced in testes Stored in epididymis
Travel through vas deferens to seminal vesicles
Fluid is added here, in the prostate gland, and the bulbourethral glands to form semen

4. Release of Sperm Ejaculation – ejection of semen from the penis
Semen exits body through the urethra
Also carries urine (not at the same time)

6. Female Reproductive System

7. Structure and Function
Eggs or Ova – Female reproductive cells
Ovaries – the reproductive glands in which eggs are produced
Two functions:
Produce female sex hormones
Estrogen
Progesterone
Release mature egg cells
Ovulation – when a mature egg is released by the ovary and travels into the fallopian tube

8. Structure and Function Continued
Fallopian Tubes – passageways that carry eggs from the ovaries
Uterus – a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ where a fertilized egg can develop and grow
Vagina – birth canal: a hollow, muscular passage leading from the uterus to the outside of the body

10. Menstrual Cycle
The process during which a ovary releases a mature egg that travels to the uterus