The Reproductive System

Question 0

What is the function of the fallopian tube?

Answer 0

transfers egg from the ovary to the uterus

Question 1

What is the function of the ovaries?

Answer 1

to make eggs (the female gamete)

Question 2

Where does fertilization occur?

Answer 2

the fallopian tube

Question 3

What is the function of the uterus?

Answer 3

the place where the baby will develop

Question 4

what is the cervix

Answer 4

the opening of the womb

Question 5

What is the function of the vagina?

Answer 5

to hold the penis during sexual reproduction and forms the birth canal when the baby is born.

Question 6

label a diagram of the female reproductive system.

Answer 6

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Question 7

What is the menstrual cycle?

Answer 7

the changes that take place in a womans body every 28 days

Question 8

What is menstruation?

Answer 8

the breakdown of the lining of the womb.

Question 9

when does menstruation occur?

Answer 9

during days 1-5 of the cycle, if pregnancy does not occur

Question 10

When does the womb lining build up?

Answer 10

days 6-12 of the cycle

Question 11

when does ovulation occur?

Answer 11

day 14

Question 12

when is the fertile period of the cycle?

Answer 12

days 16 to 28

Question 13

What is ovulation?

Answer 13

The release of the egg from the ovary.

Question 14

What is the fertile period?

Answer 14

the time of the cycle when a woman is most likely to become pregnant.

Question 15

What is fertilization?

Answer 15

the fusion of the male and female gametes.

Question 16

where does fertilization occur?

Answer 16

the fallopian tube

Question 17

what is implantation?

Answer 17

the attachment of the embryo to the lining of the womb.

Question 18

What is pregnancy?

Answer 18

the length of time the baby spends developing in the uterus.

Question 19

What is the placenta?

Answer 19

during pregnancy the placenta allows waste products to be passed from the baby’s bloodstream to the mother and oxygen and nutrients to pass from the mother to the baby.

Question 20

What happens during labour?

Answer 20

the uterus contracts and the cervix widens (opening of the womb)

Question 21

What happens after labour?

Answer 21

the placenta and umbilical cord are pushed out of the vagina.

Question 22

What is puberty?

Answer 22

when a person becomes sexually mature

Question 23

What is contraception?

Answer 23

the prevention of fertilisation and pregnancy.

Question 24

name five contaceptive methods.

Answer 24

avoiding intercourse at certain times.
using a condom or cap
surgery to close of the sperm ducts or fallopian tubes
using contraceptive pills
inserting a coil into the uterus to prevent implantation

Question 25

What is the function of the testis?

Answer 25

To make sperm (the male gamete)

Question 26

What is the function of the prostate gland?

Answer 26

to make seminal fluid

Question 27

Draw a diagram of the male reproductive system

Answer 27

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Question 28

What is the function of the scrotum?

Answer 28

holds the testis outside the body at a temperature lower than body temperature which is better for sperm production

Question 29

what is the function of the sperm duct?

Answer 29

it carries the sperm to the penis

Question 30

what is the function of the urethra?

Answer 30

sperm and urine leave the body through the urethra

Question 31

What is the function of the penis?

Answer 31

to allow sperm to pass out of the male body and into the body of the female