How to Use reproductive system in a Sentence

reproductive system

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  • The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system that produces the fluid found in semen.
    — Mark Lieber, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • Of course, the testicles are just one part of the male reproductive system.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system located below the bladder and in front of the rectum.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Fourth-graders learn the basic parts of the male and female reproductive system.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 24 June 2019
  • The patients’ cancer was confined to the prostate, a walnut-sized gland that’s part of the reproductive system.
    — Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 12 Mar. 2023
  • One of the first areas of your body to be affected by menopause (apart from your reproductive system!) is your skin.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The singer said every woman should have the right to her own body, reproductive system and privacy.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 June 2021
  • There’s a skin clock and a liver clock and an immune-system clock; there’s a clock for the kidney, heart, lungs, muscles and reproductive system.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • It’s spurred by some kind of disorder in your reproductive system.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 June 2024
  • Researchers have been studying the effects of Covid on the human reproductive system since the beginning of the pandemic.
    — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2021
  • This, combined with uterine contraction, may serve to help move sperm toward an egg in the reproductive system.
    — Kelly Burch Updated, Verywell Health, 25 July 2024
  • The drugs suppress estrogen and testosterone, hormones that help develop the reproductive system but also affect the bones, the brain and other parts of the body.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In fact, ovarian cancer is the deadliest cancer of the reproductive system in people with ovaries in the United States.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Nov. 2018
  • PCBs are known to be carcinogenic, toxic to the nervous system and disruptive to the reproductive system.
    — Roberto Lucchini, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2021
  • There can be problems with our reproductive systems too.
    — Holly Blake, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The heavy metal can also cause damage to the kidneys, reproductive system, and the central nervous system.
    — Anuradha Varanasi, Wired, 6 June 2020
  • Each of these hormones can tell women something about their reproductive system, and AMH has long been used as a surrogate marker for egg count.
    — Arielle Pardes, WIRED, 31 May 2018
  • But for many of us, the answer was strongly the opposite, and yet this discovery was arriving right around the time our reproductive systems were closing down shop.
    — Kim Brooks, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Uterine cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system, according to the NCI.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Long-term exposure to ethylene oxide can cause irritation of the eyes, skin, nose and throat as well as damage to the brain and reproductive system.
    — Alejandra Martinez, ProPublica, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The second most common type, prostate cancer, affects the male reproductive system.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Quad goals Perhaps one of the most unusual reproductive systems, however, is that of the white-throated sparrow.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • South Dakota deer research has shown neonics harm the animal's reproductive system and can kill fawns.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • This first-of-its-kind find, if confirmed, suggests that titanosaurs had a similar reproductive system to modern birds.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Health conditions that affect the reproductive system are prime causes of this.
    — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 22 Aug. 2019
  • When shown a map of the female reproductive system and asked to identify the source of menstrual bleeding, only around a quarter of the girls and their mothers could correctly identify the source as the uterus.
    — Puja Changoiwala, SELF, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Studies have shown that long-term use of CBD might harm the liver, interact with certain medications, and cause damage to the male reproductive system.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Cancers of the breast, female reproductive system, and other parts of the gastrointestinal tract are becoming more common in young adults, too.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Uterine cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • How Ovulation and Reproduction Works Your period is the most obvious sign that your body’s reproductive system is at least trying to operate.
    — Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024

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