Female Reprodcutive System

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Stores and releases eggs

Question 2

Fallopian tube

Answer 2

Carries the egg to the uterus

Question 3

Cervix

Answer 3

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 4

Vagina

Answer 4

Holds the males penis during sexual inter course

Question 5

Gemete

Answer 5

Is a sex cell

Question 6

The male gamete

Answer 6

Is the sperm

Question 7

Female gamete

Answer 7

Is the egg/ovum

Question 8

Ovulation

Answer 8

An egg is released on average 28 days

Question 9

Menstration

Answer 9

The lining and a small amount of blood is passed out of the vagina day 1-5

Question 10

Fertile period

Answer 10

The days went the menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to become pregnant

Question 11

Puberty

Answer 11

Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature

Question 12

Copulation

Answer 12

Another name for sexual intercourse

Question 13

Fertilisation

Answer 13

The fusing of the gametes to form a zygote

Question 14

Zygote

Answer 14

Egg and sperm fuse to form a sperm cell

Question 15

Embryo

Answer 15

Divison of the zygote occurs and it grows. Attaches to the lining of the uterus

Question 16

Foetus

Answer 16

After 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 17

Implantation

Answer 17

Occurs when the fertilised egg lodges itself on the lining of the uterus

Question 18

Pregnancy

Answer 18

40 weeks

Question 19

Amniotic fluid

Answer 19

This fluid provides a cushion for the embryo

Question 20

Umbilical cord

Answer 20

A tube joining the embryo to the placenta

Question 21

Placenta

Answer 21

Is rich in blood vessels, food and oxygen passes from the mothers blood to the baby

Question 22

A woman is most likely to get pregnant during the menstrual cycle

Answer 22

Because the egg is released

Question 23

During pregnancy the woman does not have a period

Answer 23

The lining of the womb acts like a nest for the baby

Question 24

A baby in the womb does not breath through its lungs

Answer 24

Oxygen is passed though the placenta and umbilical cord

Question 25

If a pregnant woman smokes or drinks during pregnancy her baby might be harmed

Answer 25

Everything the mother eats goes through the placenta

Question 26

Breast-fed babies tend to get fewer infections then bottle fed babies

Answer 26

The baby will be used to the woman’s immune system

Question 27

A placenta is essential for the development of the baby

Answer 27

Food and oxygen passes through it