Reproductive System

Question 1

How many ovaries does a female have?

Answer 1

A: two

Question 2

What are the ovaries?

Answer 2

A: pouches containing ova

Question 3

Are females born with all of their eggs?

Answer 3

A: yes

Question 4

How many eggs is a woman born with?

Answer 4

A: 400,000

Question 5

How many eggs are used?

Answer 5

A: 500

Question 6

What is ovulation?

Answer 6

A: release of an egg from the ovary

Question 7

An egg is released from an ovary into the _______.

Answer 7

A: oviduct

Question 8

What is another name for “oviduct”?

Answer 8

A: fallopian tube

Question 9

How is the egg pushed along the oviduct?

Answer 9

A: cilia

Question 10

What is the cervix?

Answer 10

A: opening between the uterus and the vagina

Question 11

What size is the cervix normally?

Answer 11

A: tiny

Question 12

What happens to the cervix when a woman is giving birth (in labour)?

Answer 12

A: muscles pull it open (dilation)

Question 13

What is the menstrual cycle controlled by?

Answer 13

A: hormones

Question 14

What are the four main hormones that control the menstrual cycle?

Answer 14

1. Estrogen
2. Progesterone
3. LH
4. FSH

Question 15

What does LH stand for?

Answer 15

A: luteinizing hormone

Question 16

What does FSH stand for?

Answer 16

A: follicle stimulating hormone

Question 17

How long does the menstrual cycle usually last?

Answer 17

A: 28 days

Question 18

How many stages are in the menstrual cycle?

Answer 18

A: 3

Question 19

What are the three stages in the menstrual cycle?

Answer 19

1. Shed uterus lining
2. Rebuild lining
3. Provide blood flow for a baby

Question 20

What day is the egg released into the oviduct?

Answer 20

A: around day fourteen

Question 21

When is a woman most fertile?

Answer 21

A: within a few days after the egg is released

Question 22

What is a fertilized egg called?

Answer 22

A: zygote

Question 23

Where is the zygote implanted?

Answer 23

A: into the uterus wall

Question 24

How many sperm does a testicle produce each day?

Answer 24

A: eighty five million

Question 25

Why are the testes outside of the body?

Answer 25

A: they need to be one to two degrees colder than body temperature

Question 26

What is the vas deferens?

Answer 26

A: the tube that sperm travels through

Question 27

What is a vasectomy?

Answer 27

A: when the vas deferens is cut and seal off

Question 28

What does a vasectomy do?

Answer 28

A: prevent sperm from exiting the vas deferens

Question 29

How many sperm does semen contain?

Answer 29

A: three hundred to five hundred million

Question 30

What are the three things semen contains?

Answer 30

1. Three hundred to five hundred million sperm
2. Sperm food
3. pH buffers

Question 31

Why does semen contain pH buffers?

Answer 31

A: to neutralize the acidity in the female’s reproductive system

Question 32

What adds the pH buffers and sperm food?

Answer 32

A: the prostate gland

Question 33

What adds lubricant to help sperm travel through the urethra?

Answer 33

A: bulbourethral gland

Question 34

Where is sperm stored and matured after being produced from the testes?

Answer 34

A: the epididymis

Question 35

What is cervical cancer linked to?

Answer 35

A: HPV

Question 36

How can cervical cancer be detected?

Answer 36

A: with a Pap smear

Question 37

What does HPV stand for?

Answer 37

A: human papillomavirus

Question 38

What is endometriosis?

Answer 38

A: when tissue normally lining the inside of the uterus grows outside the uterus

Question 39

Prostate cancer is the _____ leading cause of death from cancer.

Answer 39

A: third

Question 40

What is prostate cancer?

Answer 40

A: a growing tumour on the prostate

Question 41

What does prostate cancer cause?

Answer 41

A: obstruction of urine flow

Question 42

What is erectile dysfunction?

Answer 42

A: the inability to get and keep and erection firm enough for sex

Question 43

What causes erectile dysfunction?

Answer 43

A: mental state (anxiety, stress, depression), blood flow problems and medications