The Reproductive System

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Fallopian tube

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It carries the egg to the uterus, fertilisation occurs here

Question 1

Ovary

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Ovaries store and release eggs

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The uterus

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Where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment

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Cervix

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Leads from the vagina to the uterus

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Vagina

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Holds the male penis during sexual intercourse, forms the birth canal during childbirth

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Gamete

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Sex cell

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Male gamete

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Sperm

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Female gamete

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Egg/ovum

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Ovulation

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An egg is released from the ovary an average of every 28 days

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Fertile period

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The days of the menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to become pregnant

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Testes

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Produces the sperm

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Sperm duct

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Brings the sperm from the testes to the penis

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Glands and vesicles

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Produces seminal fluid mixes with sperm to form semen

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Penis

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Enters the female and ejaculates semen

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Puberty

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Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature (normally happens between the ages 10 to 15)

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Puberty in males

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Sex hormones (testosterone) are released causing the voice to deepen, hair grows around the sex organs, face, chest, and underarms, the testes and penis grow bigger and start to produce sperm

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Puberty in females

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When the sex hormones (oestrogen amd progesterone) are released the breasts develop, hips widen, and hair begins to grow on the body

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Copulation

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Is another name for sexual intercourse

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Implantation

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Occurs when the fertilised egg lodges itself on the lining of the uterus

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Zygote

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Egg and sperm fuse to form a single cell

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Embryo

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Division of the zygote occurs and it grows

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Foetus

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After 8 weeks its called a human

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Pregnancy

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The average time of a human pregnancy is 40 weeks

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Amniotic fluid

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Provides cushion for the embryo acts as protection this bursts during delivery of the baby “water breaking”

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Umbilical cord

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A tube that joins the embryo to the placenta

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Placenta

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It is rich in blood vessels it provides food and oxygen from the mother ,mothers blood pass into the baby’s blood, also such as carbon dioxide pass from the baby’s blood into the mothers, waste products from the baby pass to the mother from the umbilical cord

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Birth

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Begins when the uterus muscles start to contract, the bag of amniotic fluid bursts “waters bursting” and further contractions push the baby out usually head first. The umbilical cord is cut and the placenta comes out after

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Labour

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Muscles of the uterus contract

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Family plan

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To control the number of children you have, you need to control the number of times fertilisation takes place

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Natural methods of contraception

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Aim to detect the day of ovulation takes place an avoid intercourse during the fertile period

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Artificial methods of contraceptions

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Prevent the sperm and egg meeting e.g condom which prevents sperm from entering the vagina e.g contraceptive pill which prevents ovulation

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Abstain

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It is important to realise no method is 100% reliable to abstain from sex is the only way to avoid pregnancy

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Condom

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Prevent pregnancy and spread of STD or STI