Human Reproduction And Genetics

Question 1

Fallopian tubes

Answer 1

Carry the egg to the uterus, fertilisation occurs here

Question 2

Uterus(womb)

Answer 2

Is where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment

Question 3

Cervix

Answer 3

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 4

Vagina

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Gamete

Answer 5

Is a sex cell

Question 6

Male gamete

Answer 6

Is the sperm

Question 7

Female gamete

Answer 7

Is the egg/ovum

Question 8

Ovaries

Answer 8

Store and release eggs

Question 9

Testes

Answer 9

Produce sperm

Question 10

Sperm duct

Answer 10

Brings the sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 11

Glands and vesicles

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Penis

Answer 12

Enters the female and ejaculates semen

Question 13

Fertilisation

Answer 13

The fusing of the gametes to form a zygote

Question 14

Zygote

Answer 14

Egg and sperm fuse to form a single cell

Question 15

Embryo

Answer 15

Division of the zygote occurs and it grows. Attaches to the lining of the uterus ( implantation)

Question 16

Foetus

Answer 16

After 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 17

Implantation

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Ovulation

Answer 18

The release of an egg from an ovary on day 14 of the monthly cycle

Question 19

Puberty

Answer 19

When hormones cause changes in the body to make it sexually mature

Question 20

Menstruation

Answer 20

The shedding of the lining of the uterus

Question 21

Fertile period

Answer 21

The time in the menstrual cycle when pregnancy is most likely to occur.