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

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Gametes

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Sex cell

Question 6

The male gamete

Answer 6

Is sperm

Question 7

The female gemete is

Answer 7

The egg

Question 8

Ovulation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Testes

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Produce sperm

Question 10

The sperm duct

Answer 10

Brings the sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 11

The glands and vesicles

Answer 11

Produces seminal which mixes with sperm to form semen (allows sperm to swim)

Question 12

The penis

Answer 12

Enters the female and ejaculates semen

Question 13

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 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

Question 15

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 grown on the body

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Copulation

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Is another name for sexual intercourse

Question 17

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)

Question 20

Foetus

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After 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 21

Pregnancy

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The average length of a human pregnancy is 40 weeks

Question 22

Amniotic fluid

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

Question 23

Umbilical cord

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Joins the embryo to the placenta

Question 24

The placenta

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Is 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

Question 25

Birth

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Begins when the uterus muscles start to contract. The bag of amniotic fluid bursts and further contractions push the baby out usually head first. The umbilical cord is cut and the (placenta after birth)

Question 26

Labour

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Muscles of the uterus contract

Question 27

Family planning

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

Question 28

Natural methods of contraception

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

Question 29

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 29

Prevents the sperm and egg meeting
Eg condom which prevents the sperm entering the vagina
Eg contraceptive pill which prevents ovulation.

Question 30

Abstain

Answer 30

No method is 100% reliable. To abstain (not to have sexual intercourse) is the only way to avoid pregnancy.

Question 31

Condom

Answer 31

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