Male Reproductive System

Question 1

Testes

Answer 1

Produce sperm

Question 2

Sperm duct

Answer 2

Brings sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 3

Glands and vesicles

Answer 3

Produces seminal fluid which mixes with sperm to form semen

Question 4

Gamete

Answer 4

Sex cell

Question 5

The male gamete

Answer 5

Is the sperm

Question 6

Female gamete

Answer 6

Is the egg /ovum

Question 7

Ovulation

Answer 7

An egg is released from the ovary an average of every 23 days

Question 8

Menstration

Answer 8

The lining and a small amount of blood pass out through the vagina (day 1-5)this is called menstruation or period

Question 9

Fertile period

Answer 9

These are the days of the menstrual cycle when the women is most likely to become pregnant

Question 10

Puberty

Answer 10

Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature

Question 11

Copulation

Answer 11

Is another name for sexual intercourse

Question 12

Fertilisation

Answer 12

The fusing of the gametes to form a zygote

Question 13

Zygote

Answer 13

Egg and sperm fuse to form a single cell

Question 14

Embryo

Answer 14

Division of the zygote occurs and it grows.attaches the lining of the uterus

Question 15

Foetus

Answer 15

After 8 weeks looks human

Question 16

Implantation

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Pregnancy

Answer 17

40 weeks

Question 18

Amniotic fluid

Answer 18

This fluid provides a cushion for the embryo ,this bursts during delivery of the baby ‘water breaking’

Question 19

Umbilical cord

Answer 19

Tube joining embryo to the placenta

Question 20

Placenta

Answer 20

Rich in blood vessels ,food and oxygen is swapped between the mother and baby ,blood does not mix

Question 21

Family planning

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Natural methods of contraception

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 23

Prevents the sperm and egg meeting

Question 24

Condoms

Answer 24

Can prevent pregnancy

They can prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases

Question 25

Responsible attitude to sexual intercourse

Answer 25

Could use condoms and another form of contraception é.g. The pill to prevent pregnancy and spread of disease

Question 26

A women is most likely to become pregnant during the middle of her menstrual cycle

Answer 26

That is when the egg is released

Question 27

Sperm are not formed if the testes are located inside the male body

Answer 27

The sperm needs to be cooler to form properly

Question 28

During pregnancy the women does not have a period

Answer 28

The lining of the womb acts to nest the baby

Question 29

A baby in the womb does not breathe through its lungs

Answer 29

Oxygen is passed through the placenta and umbilical cord

Question 30

If a pregnant women smokes or drinks her baby may be harmed

Answer 30

Everything that the mother eats etc goes in the placenta

Question 31

Breast feed babies tend to get fewer infections than bottle fed babies

Answer 31

Baby will be used to the mothers immune system ,helps fight of infection

Question 32

A placenta is essential for the development of a baby

Answer 32

Food and oxygen pass from the placenta along the umbilical cord

Question 33

Sperms have tails

Answer 33

Need to swim to the egg

Question 34

Genetics

Answer 34

Is the study of the inheritance of characteristics

Question 35

Chromosomes

Answer 35

The nucleus of each sex cell (gamete) contains 23 thread like structures called

Question 36

Chromosomes are made

Answer 36

Of protein+DNA

Question 37

Genes

Answer 37

Are chemicals found on chromosomes that pass on information from parents to children

Question 38

Human body cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes

Answer 38

One set comes from the mother and other from the father

Each sex cell (gamete) has 23 chromosomes