Reproductive System Overview
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- Function of the reproductive system
- to reproduce the species
- Functional unit of the Reproductive system
- the egg and the sperm (gametes)
- Gonads
- produce the gametes
- Male gonads
- testis
- Gametogynesis
- produces gametes through meiosis
- Diploid cell
- 2 full sets of chromosomes (46)
- Haploid cell
- One full set of chromosomes (23)
- Fertilization
- 2 gametes that get together and produce a zygote
- Zygote
- a union between gametes-a diploid (46)-then it undergoes mitosis
- Embryo
- Forms a hollow sphere because the fluid inside is the same as the outside, the hole is the beginning of the anus