Reproduction Flashcards

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Fallopian tube/ Oviduct

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Acts like a tunnel for the egg to go through.

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Uterus

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It’s where a fertilized egg implants during pregnancy and where your baby develops until birth (Womb)

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Ovaries

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They produce and store the eggs.

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Cervix

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Allows fluids to flow in and out of the Uterus.

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Vagina

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It provides a passageway for blood from the uterus to leave the body during a menstrual period and it provides a passageway for childbirth.

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Sperm duct

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The job of these ducts is to move sperm away from its storage place in the testicle

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Testecles

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The testes are responsible for making sperm and are also involved in producing a hormone called testosterone

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Scrotum

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The scrotum is responsible for protecting the testes.

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Penis

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The function of the penis is to deliver semen into the vagina during sexual intercourse.

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Urethra

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The urethra transports pee and semen out of your body. Semen contains sperm.

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The Egg Cell

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An egg cell is a female reproductive cell that fuses with sperm in the process of fertilisation. This cell develops into a baby.

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The Sperm Cell

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Its purpose is to fertilise an egg, pass on its genetic information and produce the next generation.

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Implantation

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When a fertilized cell attaches to the uterus wall.

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Ovulation

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Ovulation is the process in which a mature egg is released from the ovary

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Fertilisation

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When the sperm meets an ovum: this is the point in which pregnancy begins.

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The Placenta

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The only temporary organ, it is connected to the foetus by the umbilical chord. It lets substances pass between the two blood supplies.

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What are the male parts of a plant?

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The Stamen- The pollen producing part of a flower.

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What are the female parts of a plant?

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The Carpel- Produces seeds and desperses them.

19
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Explain what is meant by pollination.

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Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.

20
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The features of a wind pollinated flower.

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-No bright colors, special odors, or nectar.
-Most have no petals.
-Stamens and stigmas exposed to air currents.

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The features of an Insect pollinated flower.

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-Flowers are brightly colored and scented.
-Pollen grains are larger and stickier.

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What is Seed Dispersal?

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Seed dispersal is the transport of seeds from the plant to another area in order to grow.