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Why are the human testes housed outside the abdominal cavity in a scrotum?Read the answer and worked solution →The interstitial Leydig cells of the testis synthesise and secrete which hormones?Read the answer and worked solution →What covers the enlarged end of the penis, the glans penis?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the ovaries, the primary female sex organs, produce?Read the answer and worked solution →Which funnel-shaped part of the fallopian tube lies closest to the ovary?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the function of the fimbriae at the edge of the infundibulum?Read the answer and worked solution →The cap-like acrosome on the sperm head is filled with what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of a sperm contains numerous mitochondria?Read the answer and worked solution →What name is given to the first menstruation at puberty?Read the answer and worked solution →What causes the menstrual flow?Read the answer and worked solution →Which hormone from the corpus luteum maintains the endometrium?Read the answer and worked solution →In which part of the fallopian tube does fertilisation normally take place?Read the answer and worked solution →Embedding of the blastocyst in the endometrium is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which highly specialised cells detect, receive and transmit stimuli in animals?Read the answer and worked solution →The peripheral neural system is made up of which structures?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the junctions through which impulses pass between neurons called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which layer of the cranial meninges is outermost?Read the answer and worked solution →Into which three major parts is the human brain divided?Read the answer and worked solution →The forebrain consists of which structures?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the cerebral cortex called grey matter?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of the brain controls body temperature and urge for eating and drinking?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of the brain contains centres controlling respiration and cardiovascular reflexes?Read the answer and worked solution →Which structure is the nephron's initial filtering part?Read the answer and worked solution →What two parts make up a renal corpuscle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which structure receives filtrate from glomerular capillaries?Read the answer and worked solution →Which layer forms part of the glomerular filtration barrier?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cells contribute foot processes to the filtration barrier?Read the answer and worked solution →Where does filtrate leave the renal corpuscle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which vessels enter and leave the glomerulus?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the renal tubule's general shape?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Why are the human testes housed outside the abdominal cavity in a scrotum?

  1. To protect them from urine
  2. To raise hormone uptake
  3. To keep them warmer
  4. To keep them cooler
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Correct answer: D. To keep them cooler

Spermatogenesis needs a temperature 2 to 2.5 degrees below core body temperature, which the scrotum maintains.

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The interstitial Leydig cells of the testis synthesise and secrete which hormones?

  1. Estrogens
  2. Oxytocin
  3. Androgens
  4. Gonadotropins
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Correct answer: C. Androgens

Leydig cells sit between the tubules and produce testicular hormones called androgens.

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What covers the enlarged end of the penis, the glans penis?

  1. Perimetrium
  2. Scrotum
  3. Foreskin
  4. Hymen
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Correct answer: C. Foreskin

The glans penis is covered by a loose fold of skin called the foreskin.

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