Female Reproductuve Systen

Question 1

Function of vagina

Answer 1

A canal linking the cervix of the uterus to the outside of the body

Question 2

Function of cervix

Answer 2

Opening through which the foetus exists during childbirth

Question 3

Function of uterus

Answer 3

Organ which provides protection and support for the embryo and foetus before birth

Question 4

Function of Fallopian tube

Answer 4

Tubes connecting the ovaries and the uterus. The ovum travels down the Fallopian tube during ovulation

Question 5

Function of ovaries

Answer 5

Organs which produce ova and secrete hormones

Question 6

What is oogenesis

Answer 6

Process to produce an ovum in the ovary

Question 7

Where does oogenesis occur

Answer 7

Occurs in the ovary of the developing foetus

Question 8

What is the first stage of oogenesis

Answer 8

MULTIPLICATION

Primordial germ cells in the epithelium of the ovary form oogonia by a series of mitotic divisions.

Question 9

What is the second stage of oogenesis

Answer 9

GROWTH

Oogonia undergo further mitotic devisions to form primary oocytes.

Question 10

Each primary oocyte is surrounded by what

Answer 10

follicle cells. Together they form the primary follicle.

Question 11

What is the 3rd stage of oogenesis

Answer 11

MATURATION

from puberty a few primary follicle cells mature each month but only one will mature fully.

Question 12

What happens to the primary follicle during oogenesis

Answer 12

Grows large to form an ovarian follicle. This secretes follicular fluids. The mature follicle is called a GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE.

Question 13

How is the secondary oocyte produced

Answer 13

Through meiosis I

Question 14

When is the secondary oocyte produced

Answer 14

If the ovum is penetrated by a sperm cell. Meiosis II completes and the egg cell becomes a mature ovum.

Question 15

What is the function of polar bodies

Answer 15

Discard the extra haploid sets of chromosomes that have resulted as a consequence of meiosis.