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Human Reproduction

Reproductive Systems Although structurally and functionally very different, the male and female reproductive systems have some things in common. Both sexes have: a pair of gamete-producing organs, the gonads (ovaries or testes). a system of ducts which connects the gonads to other parts of the body and the outside world. structures of copulation (the act of mating, when sperm from the male are transferred to the female). As with other terrestrial mammals, the copulating structures and ducts have evolved to bring the gametes together without them having to pass through the air over the land.

Male reproductive system

Testes In the male, the testes (two spherical structures) produce sperm by spermatogenesis. Sperm form in seminiferous tubules, of which there are about 1000 in each testis. Seminiferous tubules also contain interstitial cells, which produce the male hormone testosterone. The testes hang outside the abdominal cavity in a sac called the scrotum so that the sperm do not overheat. The temperature in the abdominal cavity is too high for sperm to develop properly: sperm develop most efficiently at 34°C.

Transferring sperm A system of tubes carry the sperm from the testes to the penis. The sperm pass from the seminiferous tubules through the epididymis and vas deferens (which also act as sperm stores), into the urethra. The urethra acts as the exit route for both sperm and urine.

Prostate gland The prostate gland secretes a milky white fluid that neutralises the acidity of any traces of urine and helps protect sperm from acidic secretions in the female body. This fluid also helps with sperm mobility.

Seminal vesicles/Cowper’s gland The seminal vesicles (which combine with the vas deferens via a duct before it joins the urethra (forming the ejaculatory duct)) secrete a thick, clear fluid (mucus) that nourishes the sperm, and Cowper’s glands secrete a lubricant. The sperm, along with the secretions added by the accessory organs, make up the semen (seminal fluid) that is released during an orgasm.

Female reproductive system

Ovaries A woman’s ovaries are structures about 2.5cm long containing small sac-like structures called follicles. The follicles develop in the germinal epithelium. The wall of each follicle surrounds and nourishes an oocyte which undergoes meiotic division to form an egg cell (a process called oogenesis). A woman is born with about 200,000 to 400,000 follicles, but only 200 to 400 complete their development: the rest degenerate.

Ovulation Starting at puberty, a woman usually sheds one (but sometimes more) egg cells from her ovaries every 28 days or so. The shedding of an egg cell is called ovulation, and is controlled by the interaction of a number of different hormones.

The role of the fallopian tubes When an egg cell leaves the ovary, it passes across a small space and is caught up in the infundibulum (the end of the oviduct/Fallopian tube) which leads to the uterus. Cilia sweep the egg cell towards the uterus. If fertilisation occurs, it usually takes place high up in the oviduct. A fertilised egg cell (zygote) develops into a multicellular embryo, which passes to the uterus.

The fate of the ovum The embryo embeds itself in the endometrium (a mucus membrane that lines the muscular walls of the uterus), which is richly supplied with blood vessels. If the egg is not fertilised it will degenerate and leave the body during menstruation, along with the endometrium.