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

In circumcision, the foreskin is surgically removed, exposing the end of the penis.

Question 8

Ovary

Answer 8

This is where the eggs are produced through cell division (MEIOSIS)

Question 9

Uterus

Answer 9

The uterus consists of a body and a cervix. The cervix protrudes into the vagina.

Question 10

Fallopian Tubes

Answer 10

The fallopian tubes are bilateral conduits between the ovaries and the uterus in the female pelvis. They function as channels for oocyte transport and fertilization

Question 11

Vagina

Answer 11

Female genitalia

Question 12

Cervix

Answer 12

The cervix is the lower end of the womb (uterus). It allows blood from a menstrual period and a baby (fetus) to pass from the womb into 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

A fertilized cell

Question 15

Testosterone

Answer 15

Primary sex hormone and anabolic steroid in males

Question 16

Menstruation

Answer 16

The process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy

Question 17

Barrier method

Answer 17

Any type of birth control that puts a barrier between the penis and vagina (condom)

Question 18

Placenta

Answer 18

Attaches to the fetus via the umbilical cord, supplies nutrients to the fetus during pregnancy. It is expelled after the baby is born

Question 19

Ultrasound

Answer 19

Sound waves produce an image of the baby

Question 20

Amniocentesis

Answer 20

Tests fatal cells for abnormalities, such as chromosome numbers

Question 21

Pap test

Answer 21

Method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix or colon

Question 22

Epidural

Answer 22

Procedure that injects a local anaesthetic in to the space around the spinal nerves in your lower back. This anaesthetic usually blocks the pain from labour contractions and during the birth very effectively

Question 23

Trimester

Answer 23

A period of three months, especially as a division of the duration of pregnancy

Question 24

Umbilical cord

Answer 24

The umbilical cord is the baby’s lifeline to the mother. It transports nutrients to the baby and also carries away the baby’s waste products. It is made up of three blood vessels – two arteries and one vein

Question 25

IUD

Answer 25

T-shaped piece of plastic inserted into the uterus to provide birth control.

Question 26

Ovulation

Answer 26

The release of an egg from your ovary, into your fallopian tube. It typically happens about 13–15 days before the start of each period

Question 27

Caesarean section

Answer 27

When the baby is surgically removed from the mother. Performed when complications make vaginal delivery risky

Question 28

Fertilization

Answer 28

The action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote

Question 29

Plan B

Answer 29

Plan B One-Step contains the hormone levonorgestrel — a progestin — which can prevent ovulation, block fertilization or keep a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception)

Question 30

Contractions

Answer 30

Contractions of muscles occur and become faster and faster, this timing can be used to precut the progression of labor. Dilation of the cervix allows for baby to pass through

Question 31

Diaphragm

Answer 31

A diaphragm is a dome-shaped, silicone cup that’s inserted in the vagina hours before sex to prevent pregnancy. To work effectively, it needs to be used with spermicide to block sperm from reaching eggs