Set A

Question 1

uterus

Answer 1

The organ where the young embryo can “implant” and grows into a baby.
During birth the muscles in the uterus squeeze the baby out of the mother’s body.

Question 2

ovary

Answer 2

Produce eggs (by meiosis) as well as the hormones estrogen

Question 3

endometrium

Answer 3

A layer of specialized cells and blood vessels that line the inside of the uterus where the embryo can attach and start to grow once it enters the uterus.

Question 4

cervix

Answer 4

cervix
The bottom of the uterus and it forms an opening between the vagina and the uterus. Where sperm gets in and baby gets out.

Question 5

vagina

Answer 5

vagina
Serves as a passageway for sperm to enter the female reproductive tract from the male reproductive tract.
It also serves as a passageway for the baby to leave the female reproductive tract and is also known as the “birth cana

Question 6

The four functions of the female reproductive system are:

Answer 6

Ovulation - producing eggs → ovaries
Hormone secretion - produces estrogen → ovaries
Gestation - growing an embryo into a baby → uterus
Giving birth - pushes the baby out of the reproductive tract and into the world
→ uterus and vagina

Question 7

Ovulation is

Answer 7

when an egg is released from the ovary into the Fallopian tube

Question 8

Explain the route of sperm as it enters and then travel through the female reproductive tract to get to and fertilize an egg.

Answer 8

Sperm enters the vagina, then moves up through the cervix, into the uterus and on into the fallopian tubes where it can fertilize an egg.

Question 9

bladder

Answer 9

Stores urine until it is pushed out of the body when a man “goes pee”.

Question 10

penis

Answer 10

the organ that holds the urethra and allows semen to be transferred into the female’s reproductive

Question 11

urethra

Answer 11

the tube that runs through the penis and carries semen out of the body.

Question 12

Prostate gland

Answer 12

a gland that secretes prostatic fluid into the semen in the vas deferens.

Question 13

Seminal vesicle

Answer 13

Two glands that secrete most of the fluid in semen into the vas deferen

Question 14

Vas deferens

Answer 14

A tube through which sperm pass from the epididymis to the urethra.
Seminal fluids are added along they way.

Question 15

epididymis

Answer 15

a tube that stores sperm when they leave the testes and before they leave the body.

Question 16

testes

Answer 16

make sperm and testosterone

Question 17

The main function of the male reproductive system is:

Answer 17

to produce sperm and then deliver it to the female’s reproductive system

Question 18

Fallopian tubes

Answer 18

Create a passageway for the egg to move from each ovary to the uterus.
Where the egg gets fertilized and begins to grow into an embryo