reproductive system

Question 1

testes

Answer 1

make sperm via meiosis. The testes also produce testosterone, the male hormone.

Question 2

vas deferens

Answer 2

sperm travel through this tube, joins with urethra

Question 3

prostate

Answer 3

Gland that produces a fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation. It surrounds the urethra

Question 4

penis

Answer 4

male genitalia

Question 5

epididymis

Answer 5

collects mature sperm which is eventually propelled through the vas deferens

Question 6

vasectomy

Answer 6

the tube is cut to prevent sperm leaving (and fertilizing an egg)

Question 7

circumcision

Answer 7

Boys are born with a hood of skin, called the foreskin, covering the head (also called the glans) of the penis. In circumcision, the foreskin is surgically removed, exposing the end of the penis.

Question 8

ovary

Answer 8

where the eggs are produced through cell division

Question 9

uterus

Answer 9

the uterus consists of a body and a cervix. The cervix protrudes into the vagina.
The uterus maintains an environment for accepting a fertilized egg.

Question 10

fallopian tube

Answer 10

pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.

Question 11

vagina

Answer 11

female genitalia

Question 12

cervix

Answer 12

the lower end of the womb (uterus). It is at the top of the vagina.

Question 13

fraternal twins

Answer 13

develop from the fertilization of two individual eggs.

The babies do not look the same.

Question 14

zygote

Answer 14

sperm travels to the egg and penetrates it combining DNA . this makes the first cell after fertilization

Question 15

testosterone

Answer 15

male sex hormone

Question 16

mensturation

Answer 16

process of woman discharging blood and other materials from lining of uterus

Question 17

barrier method

Answer 17

cervial cap, condom, sponges. these are forms of birth control

Question 18

pap test

Answer 18

test that checks your cervix from any not normal cells

Question 19

epidural

Answer 19

local anesthetic around the spinal nerves in your lower back blocking the pain from labour contractions

Question 20

trimester

Answer 20

a period of three months dividing duration of pregnancy

Question 21

umbilical cord

Answer 21

tube that connects baby to placenta

Question 22

IUD

Answer 22

a form of birth control that doesn’t let sperm fertilize the egg

Question 23

caesarean section

Answer 23

baby is surgically removed from mother

Question 24

contractions

Answer 24

contraction of muscle help predict progression of labor

Question 25

ovulation

Answer 25

the release of an ehh from ovary into fallopian tube

Question 26

fertilization

Answer 26

sperm and egg fuse together

Question 27

plan B

Answer 27

temporarily stops release of an egg from the ovary preventing fertilization

Question 28

diaphragm

Answer 28

thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates abdomen