Human Reproduction And Genetics

Question 0

The Fallopian tubes

Answer 0

Carry the 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

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The cervix

Answer 3

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 4

The vagina

Answer 4

holds the male penis during sexual intercourse forms the birth canal during childbirth

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Gametes

Answer 5

Is a sex cell

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The male gamete

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Is the sperm

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The female gamete

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Is the egg/ovum

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Ovulation

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

Question 9

Fertile period

Answer 9

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

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Testes

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Produce sperm

Question 11

The sperm duct

Answer 11

Brings the sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 12

The glands and vesicles

Answer 12

Produce seminal fluid which mixes the sperm to form semen(allows sperm to swim)

Question 13

The Penis

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Enters the female and ejaculates semen

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Puberty

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Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature (normally happens between the ages of 10 and 15)

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Puberty in males

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Sex hormones (testosterone) are released causing the voice to deepen hair grows around the sex organs,face,chest and underarms, the testes and penis grow bigger and start to produce sperm

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Puberty in females

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When the sex 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. Attaches to the lining of the uterus (implantation)

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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 a human pregnancy is 40 weeks

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Amniotic fluid

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This fluid provides a cushion for the embryo,this bursts during delivery of the baby “waters breaking”

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Umbilical cord

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A tube joining the embryo to the placenta

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The placenta

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It is rich in blood, it is here that food and oxygen from the mothers blood blood pass into the baby’s food 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 muscles start to contract. The bag of amniotic fluid bursts “waters bursting” and further contractions push the baby out usually head first. The umbilical cord is cut and the placenta (afterbirth) comes out after

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Labour

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the muscles of the uterus contract

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Family planning

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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 the sperm and egg meeting

E.g condom which prevents sperm entering the vagina