Gamete Production And Fertilistion

Question 1

What is spermatozoa?

Answer 1

Technical name for sperm

Question 2

What is testosterone ?

Answer 2

The male sex hormone

Question 3

What are the seminiferous tubules?

Answer 3

Tiny tubes where male gametes are produced.

Question 4

What is the role of interstitial cells?

Answer 4

Produces testosterone

Question 5

What are the two accessory glands?

Answer 5

Prostate gland
Seminal vesicles

Question 6

What is semen?

Answer 6

Fluid containing sperm from testes and accessory glands.

Question 7

What is the role of the prostate gland?

Answer 7

Secretes a thin lubricating enzyme which ensures the correct viscosity for sperm motility.

Question 8

What is the role of the seminal vesicles?

Answer 8

Secretes liquid containing fructose and prostaglandins

Question 9

What gives the sperm energy?

Answer 9

Fructose

Question 10

What causes contractions, allowing the sperm to move?

Answer 10

Prostaglandins

Question 11

What is the female gamete and where is it formed?

Answer 11

The egg (ova) which is formed in the ovaries

Question 12

What is the role of a follicle

Answer 12

They surround each egg to protect and also secretes the hormone oestrogen.

Question 13

What is the oviduct?

Answer 13

The tube from the ovary to the uterus.

Question 14

What is ovulation?

Answer 14

The release of a mature egg from the ovary to the oviduct.

Question 15

What does the corpus luteum do?

Answer 15

Develops after ovulation and secretes progesterone.

Question 16

What is a cervix?

Answer 16

The neck of the uterus

Question 17

Where in the testis are sperm produced?

Answer 17

Seminiferous tubules

Question 18

Where does the egg go after leaving the ovary?

Answer 18

Oviduct

Question 19

What happens to a follicle after ovulation?

Answer 19

A corpus luteum develops and secretes progesterone