Unit 1 - Gamete Production and Fertilisation

Question 1

Where is sperm and testosterone produced?

Answer 1

• Sperm - Testes (seminiferous tubules)

* Testosterone - Interstitial cells

Question 2

Prostate gland and seminal vesicles function?

Answer 2

Secrete fluids which maintain the mobility and viability of sperm

Question 3

What do ovaries contain?

Answer 3

Immature ova which are surrounded by a follicle that protects the developing ovum and secretes hormones

Question 4

Site of fertilisation?

Answer 4

Mature ova released into oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm = ZYGOTE