Reproductive System

Question 1

Testes

Answer 1

make sperm via meiosis. The testes also produce testosterone, the male hormone.

Question 2

Vas Deferens

Answer 2

sperm travel through this tube, joins with urethra

Question 3

Prostate

Answer 3

Gland that produces a fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation. It surrounds the urethra

Question 4

Penis

Answer 4

the male genital organ of higher vertebrates, carrying the duct for the transfer of sperm during copulation.

Question 5

Epididymis

Answer 5

collects mature sperm which is eventually propelled through the vas deferens

Question 6

Vasectomy

Answer 6

the tube is cut to prevent sperm leaving (and fertilizing an egg)

Question 7

Circumcision

Answer 7

the foreskin is surgically removed, exposing the end of the penis.

Question 8

Ovary

Answer 8

This is where the eggs are produced through cell division (MEIOSIS)

Question 9

Uterus

Answer 9

The uterus consists of a body and a cervix.

Question 10

Fallopian Tubes

Answer 10

One of the two Fallopian tubes that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus

Question 11

Vagina

Answer 11

the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.

Question 12

Cervix

Answer 12

The cervix protrudes into the vagina.

Question 13

Fraternal Twins

Answer 13

develop from the fertilization of two individual eggs.

Question 14

Zygote

Answer 14

A fertilized egg is called a zygote

Question 15

Testosterone

Answer 15

a steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

Question 16

Mensuration

Answer 16

The menstrual cycle is the monthly hormonal cycle a female’s body goes through to prepare for pregnancy.

Question 17

Barrier Method

Answer 17

a method of contraception using a device or preparation which prevents live sperm from reaching an ovum.

Question 18

Ultrasound

Answer 18

sound waves produce an image of the baby

Question 19

Amniocenteses

Answer 19

Tests fetal cells for abnormalities, such as chromosome numbers

Question 20

Pap test

Answer 20

a test carried out on a sample of cells from the cervix to check for abnormalities that may be indicative of cervical cancer; a Pap smear.

Question 21

Epidural

Answer 21

on or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.

Question 22

Trimester

Answer 22

a period of three months, especially as a division of the duration of pregnancy.

Question 23

Umbilical cord

Answer 23

a flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and attaching a human or other mammalian fetus to the placenta during gestation.

Question 24

IUD

Answer 24

intrauterine death (of the fetus before birth).

Question 25

Ovulation

Answer 25

discharge of ova or ovules from the ovary.

Question 26

Caesarean section

Answer 26

baby is surgically removed from the mother

Question 27

fertilization

Answer 27

the action or process of fertilizing an egg, female animal, or plant, involving the fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote.

Question 28

Plan B

Answer 28

an alternative strategy.

Question 29

contractions

Answer 29

occur and become faster and faster, this timing can be used to predict the progression of the labor.

Question 30

Diaphragm

Answer 30

The diaphragm is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.

Question 31

Placenta

Answer 31

Attaches to the fetus via the umbilical cord, supplies nutrients to the fetus during pregnancy. It is expelled after the baby is born.