Reproductive System

Question 1

Testes

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Vas Defeneres

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 reproductive organ

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.
The uterus maintains an environment for accepting a fertilized egg.
The fertilized ovum becomes an embryo, attaches to a wall of the uterus, creates a placenta, and develops into a fetus (gestates) until childbirth.
If no fertilized egg reaches the uterus, the lining is shed monthly in a process known as menstruation.

Question 10

Fallopian Tube

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Vagina

Answer 11

the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.

Question 12

Cervix

Answer 12

The cervix protrudes 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

Testosterone

Answer 14

a steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

Question 15

mestruation

Answer 15

the removal and bloody disposal of the uterus lining in a female body

Question 16

barrier-method

Answer 16

a method of contraception using a device or preparation which prevents live sperm from reaching an ovum

Question 17

placenta

Answer 17

an organ that develops in your uterus during pregnancy

Question 18

ultrasound

Answer 18

an ultrasound scan, especially one of a pregnant woman to examine the fetus.
plural noun: ultrasounds

Question 19

amniocentesis

Answer 19

the sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for developmental abnormalities in a fetus.

Question 20

pap test

Answer 20

a test carried out on a sample of cells from the cervix to check for abnormalities that may be indicative of cervical cancer; a Pap smear.

Question 21

epidural

Answer 21

an epidural anesthetic, used especially in childbirth to produce loss of sensation below the waist.

Question 22

trimester

Answer 22

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

Question 23

umbilical cord

Answer 23

a flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and attaching a human or other mammalian fetus to the placenta during gestation

Question 24

IUD

Answer 24

mall contraceptive devices that are inserted into the uterus (womb) to prevent pregnancy

Question 25

ovulation

Answer 25

discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary

Question 26

caesarean section

Answer 26

surgical operation for delivering a child by cutting through the wall of the mother’s abdomen

Question 27

fertilization

Answer 27

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 28

Plan B

Answer 28

A medication to prevent pregnancy after sex

Question 29

contractions

Answer 29

a shortening of the uterine muscles occurring at intervals before and during childbirth

Question 30

diaphragm

Answer 30

a dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs