Human Reproduction

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Stores and release eggs

Question 2

Fallopian tube

Answer 2

Carry the egg to the uterus, fertilisation occurs here

Question 3

Uterus

Answer 3

The uterus is where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment

Question 4

The cervix

Answer 4

The cervix leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 5

Vagina

Answer 5

The vagina holds the male penis during sex intercourse

Question 6

Ovulation

Answer 6

An egg is realised from the ovary an average of every 28 days

Question 7

Period

Answer 7

The lining and a small amount of blood pass out through the vagina

Question 8

Retrial period

Answer 8

These are the days of the menstrual cycle when the women is most likely to get pregnant

Question 9

Menopause

Answer 9

Signals at the end of a females ability to reproduce and also the end of her menstrual cycle. It happens at different ages for different people, typically in the late 40s to early 50s

Question 10

Testies

Answer 10

The testies produce sperm

Question 11

The scrotum

Answer 11

The scrotum is where the testies are, it is located outside the body to ensure the temperature is lower then body temperature for healthy sperm

Question 12

The epididymis

Answer 12

The epididymis is a coiled tube on the outside of each testies that stores sperm and allows the, to mature fully

Question 13

The vas deferns

Answer 13

The vas deferens brings the sperm from the testies to the penis

Question 14

The seminal vesicles

Answer 14

The seminal vesicles produce seminal fluid which mixes with sperm to form semen, it nourishes the sperm and allow them to spin

Question 15

Puberty

Answer 15

Describes when the body is becoming sexually mature. It normally happens between the ages of 10-16

Question 16

Male puberty

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In males sex hormones are released causing the voice to deepen, hair grows around the sex organs, face, chest, and underarms, the penis and tests grow bigger and produce sperm

Question 17

Female puberty

Answer 17

In females when the sex Herminia are released the breast start to develop hips widen and hair begins to grown on body

Question 18

Labour

Answer 18

The birth of baby begins when the uterus muscles start to contract

Question 19

Waters break

Answer 19

The bag of amniotic fluid bursts and further contractions push the baby out usually head first through the vagina

Question 20

Lactation

Answer 20

The production of breast milk

Question 21

Colostrum

Answer 21

The first three days of milk- very nutritious and helps protect the baby from infection

Question 22

Family planning

Answer 22

To control the number of children you have, you need to control the amount of times fertilisation takes place

Question 23

Natural methods of contraception

Answer 23

Aim to detect the day ovulation takes place and avoid intercourse during the fertile period

Question 24

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 24

Prevent the sperm and egg meeting

Question 25

Condom

Answer 25

Prevents sperm entering the vagina

Question 26

Contraceptive pills

Answer 26

Which prevents ovulation

Question 27

Reliability of contraception

Answer 27

It is important to realise no method is 100% reliable