Reproduction Flashcards
What is the oviduct
Carries to egg to the uterus
What is the uterus
Where the baby grows
What is the cervix
The opening of the uterus
What is the vagina
Receives the sperm
What is the ovary
Where the eggs are made
What is the penis
Carries sperm out of the body
What are the glands
Add fluid to sperm to make semen
What is the sperm tube
Carries sperm to penis
What are the testes
Where the sperms are made
What is the scrotum
A bag of skin the holds the testes
What is the filament
Holds the anther up
What is the ovule
The egg cell
This will become the seed when it has been fertilised
What is the sepal
Small leaves under the flower which protect the flower bud
What is the anther
Produces make reproductive cells
Pollen
What is the style
A structure between the ovary and the stigma
What are the petals
Attracts insects to the flower
What is the stigma
The place where pollen lands for pollination to occur
Puberty
Physical change in boys
Hair grows on face Shoulders broaden Penis gets bigger Adam’s apples gets bigger Armpit hair Pubic hair
Puberty
Physical change girl
Armpit hair
Pubic hair
Breasts get bigger
Hips widen
What is the uterus
Protects the baby from bumps
What is the umbilical cord
Joins the placenta to the baby
What is the placenta
Supplies the baby with food and oxygen
What is the amniotic fluid
Place that feeds and shelters the baby
What is the foetus
The developing baby
What is the vagina used for in pregnancy
Where the baby is pushed out
What is the cervix used for in pregnancy
Ring of muscle at entrance of uterus which widens to let the baby out
Fertilisation in humans happens when what
A sperm cell joins together with an egg cell
Sometimes an egg spilts in two immediately after fertilisation this can result in what
Identical twins
Sometimes two egg cells are released from the ovary at the same time. If fertilised these can result in what
Non identical twins
The length of time that an animal is pregnant for is called
Germination
How long does a human pregnancy last for
39 weeks
