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The collective name for the reproductive organs that make gametes are called gonads.

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What female reproductive structure is functionally homologous to the testes?

The female reproductive organ that is functionally similar to the male testes is the ovaries. They store the female reproductive cells, the eggs. However, unlike the testes, they do not make the reproductive cells.


What is gonads?

A testes is a male gonad of the reproductive system.


What is the function of female testes?

Females do not have testes. Testes are male reproductive organs. The female equivalent of testes is ovaries, which produce eggs and female sex hormones.


Where are the female sex cells made?

In animals, sex cells (gametes) are formed in organs called gonads. Male sex cells are formed in the male gonads, called testes (the singular is testis). Sperm found in the Testis.


What endocrine gland produces male sex characteristics?

Depends on your gender. The "gonads". If you're male then the answers is the testes. If you are female, the answer is ovaries.


What are the reproductive hormones produced by the male and female reproductive organs?

primarily, male testes = testosterone, female ovaries = estrogen


What are the primary sex organs for male and female?

male: penis, testicles, sperm female: vagina, ovaries, uterus


What are external reproductive organs called?

They are called gonads. A male gonad is the testes, they produce sperm. A female gonad is the ovaries, they produce eggs.


What part of the endocrine system produces special cells for reproduction in the female and male?

The ovaries and the testes


Where does gametogenesis take place in male and female?

Gametogenesis in the male takes place in the male testes and the female ovaries. Gametogenesis means production of sex cells.


What are the male and female reproduction organs?

female reproductive organs:ovaries/ovaryuteruscervixvaginavulvafallopian tubesmale reproductive organs:penisscrotumtesticle/testesepididymisvas deferensprostate glandurethra


What are the female reprodutive glands?

The ovaries are the female glands that produce sex hormone and they are similar to the testes in the male.