the reproductive system

Question 1

what is a sperm cell?

Answer 1

a sperm cell is the thing that helps create half to the cromasons for your child.

Question 2

what are testicles?

Answer 2

testicles is the bit where sperm is made.

Question 3

what is the ovaries?

Answer 3

the ovaries produce the eggs.

Question 4

what is the penis?

Answer 4

the penis is to pass urine out of the mans body and to pass semen to the women during sexual intercourse.

Question 5

what is the egg?

Answer 5

the egg is where the baby is created.

Question 6

what is the vagina?

Answer 6

The vagina is a muscular tube that leads from the cervix to the outside of the woman’s body .

Question 7

what is the uretha?

Answer 7

The urethra is the tube inside the penis that can carry urine or semen.

Question 8

what is testes?

Answer 8

The two testes (one of them is called a testis) are contained in a bag of skin called the scrotum.

Question 9

what are sperm ducts?

Answer 9

The sperm pass through the sperm ducts, and mix with fluids produced by the glands.

Question 10

what are egg tubes?

Answer 10

each ovary is connected to the uterus by an egg tube.

Question 11

what is a scrotum?

Answer 11

it is the bag or skin.

Question 12

whats the cervix?

Answer 12

The cervix is a ring of muscle at the lower end of the uterus. It keeps the baby in place while the woman is pregnant.

Question 13

what is the uterus?

Answer 13

the uterus is also called the womb. it is a muscular bag with a soft lining.

Question 14

what are sperm glands?

Answer 14

fluids are produced by the glands.

Question 15

what is the menstrual cycle?

Answer 15

The female reproductive system includes a cycle of events called the menstrual cycle. It lasts about 28 days, but it can be slightly less or more than this.

Question 16

what is puberty?

Answer 16

the reproductive system of a child is not mature and needs to change as a boy or girl changes into an adult.

Question 17

what happens to boys during pubery?

Answer 17

• voice breaks (gets deeper)
• testes and penis get bigger
• testes start to produce sperm cells
• shoulders get wider
• hair grows on face and chest.

Question 18

what happens to girls during puberty?

Answer 18

• breasts develop
• ovaries start to release egg cells (periods start)
• hips get wider.

Question 19

what is the sperm duct?

Answer 19

The sperm pass through the sperm ducts

Question 20

what is fertilisation?

Answer 20

Sperm cells travel in semen from the penis and into the top of the vagina. They enter the uterus through the cervix and travel to the egg tubes.

Question 21

what is the foetus?

Answer 21

The foetus is protected by the uterus and the amniotic fluid, a liquid contained in a bag called the amnion.

Question 22

what is birth?

Answer 22

After nine months the baby is ready to be born. The cervix relaxes and muscles in the wall of the uterus contract, pushing the baby out of the mother’s body.

Question 23

what is the umbilical cord?

Answer 23

the umbilical cord is connected from the baby’s belly button and to the mother so the mother can feed the baby.

Question 24

what is menstruation?

Answer 24

The start of the cycle, day 1, is when bleeding from the vagina begins. This is caused by the loss of the lining of the uterus, with a little blood. This is called menstruation or having a period.

Question 25

what is ovulation?

Answer 25

At about day 14, the mature egg cell is released from the ovary. This is called ovulation.