Female Reproductive Organs And Systems Flashcards
What is an egg an example of?
A gamete
What is the fertilised egg called?
A zygote
What happens when the egg is fertilised?
The egg will divide and produce more cells. After two months, it is called an embryo. From two months to 9 months, it is referred to as a foetus.
How long is the fetus?
The fetus will grow roughly to the average of 51 cm before birth
Egg cells contain a lot of cytoplasm. Why is this
Cytoplasm contains a lot of mitochondria for the release of energy when the egg divides,
What is the zona pellucida?
It is a Layer surrounding egg which stops more than one sperm, fertilising the egg
What is the overall function of the female reproductive organs?
To produce an offspring
The female reproductive system consist of five organs. What are they?
The uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes/oviduct cervix, and vagina
The uterus is where the babygrows when a woman’s egg has been fertilised.
The ovaries are where the eggs are released.
The fallopian tubes/oviduct are where the egg is fertilised and then travels down from their into the uterus i if it has been successfully fertilised.
The cervix allows fluids to pass between your uterus and vagina. It is wear the baby will come out or where you unfertilised egg and uterus lining will shed and fall through the vagina as your period.
The vagina has 3 main functions: provides a passageway for blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus during a woman’s monthly period. receives the penis during sexual intercourse and holds the sperm until they pass into the uterus. provides a passageway for childbirth
Name the different names for the baby in order of time
- Egg
- Zygote
- Embryo
- Foetus
- Baby
What five most important part does an egg include?
A nucleus, a cell membrane, a zona pellucida, a cytoplasm, and a mitochondria
What are the most important part of the female reproductive organs?
The oviduct/fallopian tube, the ovary, the uterus, cervix, the vagina.
Where is the egg fertilised?
The oviduct/fallopian tube
What does the nucleus contain?
The nucleus contain female genetic information
What is the key difference of why an egg cell is different to a sperm cell?
The key difference of why an egg cell is different to a sperm cell is that the egg has a large food store contained in the cytoplasm to provide energy for division once the egg is fertilised but the sperm doesn’t. The other reason is the egg cell is more than 10 million times the volume of the sperm.
