KA1 Gamete Production and Fertilisation

Question 1

What are the male gametes and where are they produced?

Answer 1

Testes produce sperm in the seminiferous tubules

Question 2

What is made in the seminiferous tubules?

Answer 2

Sperm

Question 3

What is the function of the interstitial cells?

Answer 3

They produce testosterone

Question 4

What do the seminal vesicles and prostate glands do?

Answer 4

They secret fluids that maintain the mobility and viability of the sperm

Question 5

What is the female gamete and where are they produced?

Answer 5

Eggs (ova) are formed from germline cells inside the ovary

Question 6

What happens inside of the ovary?

Answer 6

The ovaries contain immature ova in various stages of development. Each egg is surrounded by a follicle which functions to protect the egg and secretes oestrogen.

Question 7

What is the site of fertilisation?

Answer 7

Oviduct

Question 8

What is fertilisation?

Answer 8

Mature ova are released into the oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm to form a zygote