Reproduction and pregnancy

Question 1

How do humans reproduce

Answer 1

Sexual reproduction

Question 2

What else is produced by the ovaries besides ova (egg cells)?

Answer 2

Hormones

Question 3

What is semen made from?

Answer 3

Sperm and seminal fluid.

Question 4

What shouldn’t you do during pregnancy

Answer 4

Drinking alcohol or smoking

Question 5

What is the journey of a sperm from testis to ovum

Answer 5

1) Sperm are produced in the testes.
2) During ejaculation, they travel along sperm ducts through internal reproductive glands, where
3) they mix with seminal fluid, or semen, on the way to the penis.
4) Semen, which contains the sperm is ejaculated into the vagina.
5) Sperm swim through the cervix into the uterus.
6) They then travel along the oviducts where a sperm might fertilise an ovum.