Human Reproduction and genetics

Question 0

Fallopian tubes

Answer 0

Carry egg to the uterus, fertilisation occurs here

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Store and release eggs

Question 2

The uterus (womb)

Answer 2

Is where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment

Question 3

The cervix

Answer 3

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 4

The vagina holds

Answer 4

The males penis during sexual intercourse, for,s the birth canal during childbirth

Question 5

Gametes

Answer 5

Sex cell

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Male gamete

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Sperm

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Female gamete

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Egg

Question 8

Ovulation

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An egg is released from the ovary an average of 28 days

Question 9

Fertile period

Answer 9

These are the days of the menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to become pregnant (sperm can live in the female)

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Testes

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Produce sperm

Question 11

Sperm duct

Answer 11

Brings sperm from testes to penis

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Glands and vesicles

Answer 12

Produce seminal fluid which mixes with speed to form semen

Question 13

Penis enter

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The female and ejaculates semen

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Puberty

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Describes when the body starts to become sexually mature (normally happens between 10-15)

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Puberty in males

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Sex hormones (testoterone) are released causing voice to deepen! Hair to grow around sex organs, face, chest and underarms, the testes and penis grow bigger and produce sperm

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females in puberty

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Hormones (oestrogen and progesterone) are released the breasts develop, hips widen, and hair begins to grow on the body

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Copulation

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Is another name for sexual intercourse

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Implantation

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

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Zygote

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Egg and sperm fuse to form a single cell

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Embryo

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Division of the zygote occurs and it grows

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Foetus

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After 8 weeks looks like a human

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Pregnancy

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Average length of human pregnancy is 40 weeks

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Amniotic fluid

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As the embryo develops in the uterus it is protected inside a bag of fluid called amniotic fluid
This fluid provides a cushion for embryo, this bursts during delivery of baby “waters breaking”

Question 24

Umbilical cord

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Joins the embryo to the placenta

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Placenta

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Rich in blood vessels, it is here that food and oxygen from the mothers blood pass into the baby’s blood, also wastes such as carbon dioxide pass from the baby’s blood into the mothers

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Birth

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Begins when the uterus muscle starts to contract
The bag of amniotic fluid burst and further contractions push the baby out usually head first, the umbilical cord is cut and the placenta (after birth) comes out after

Question 27

Labour

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Muscles of uterus contract

Question 28

Family planning

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

Question 29

Natural methods of contraception

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

Question 30

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 30

Prevent sperm and eggs meeting
E.g condom
E.g pill

Question 31

Abstain (to not have sex)

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No method is 100% so to abstain From sex is the only way to avoid pregnancy

Question 32

Condom

Answer 32

Can prevent pregnancy and spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’) or sexually transmitted infections (STI)