Female Reproduction

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Store and release eggs

Question 2

Fallopian tubes

Answer 2

Carry the egg to the uterus, fertilisation occurs here

Question 3

Uterus

Answer 3

Is where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment.

Question 4

Cervix

Answer 4

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 5

Vagina

Answer 5

Holds the make penis during sexual intercourse

Question 6

Ovulation

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Menstruation/period

Answer 7

The lining and a small amount of blood pass out through the vagina (day 1-5)

Question 8

Fertile period

Answer 8

There are the days of the menstrual cycle when a woman is most likely to become pregnant

Question 9

Menopause

Answer 9

Signals the end of a females ability to reproduce and also the end of there menstruation cycle. It happens at different ages for different people, typically in the late 40s to early 50s

Question 10

Female puberty

Answer 10

In females when the sex hormones (oestrogen and progesterone) are released and the breasts develop, hips widen and hair begins to grow on the body. The first egg is released from the ovaries which leads to the first period occurring.