Reproductive System: male + female Flashcards
Sex organs and menstrual cycle (31 cards)
Sperm
Male sex cells
What does a sperm that fertilises an egg produce?
An embryo that develops into a baby
Where are sperm produced?
In two testes
What are testes?
Endocrine glands hung in a pouch, the scrotum
Where do sperm cells develop?
The epididymis/epididymides
How do sperm travel
Via two vas derferens tubes
Where do sperm travel to?
The prostate gland
Function of the prostate gland?
Where seminal fluid is added from seminal vessicles
Where do sperm enter after the prostate gland?
The urethra
Where do sperm escape?
The penis
What does a woman’s reproductive system produce?
Eggs + babies (and provides these with nourishment)
Vagina
A muscular tube opening between the rectum and urethra
Urethra
Allows urine to pass out of the body - where your pee comes out
Cervix
A narrow neck that leads to the womb
Uterus
A.K.A the womb; a hollow muscular organ (as big as a pear)
What connects the uterus to the ovaries?
Fallopian tubes
Where are eggs produced?
The ovaries
What are the milk - producing glands?
Breasts
Menstruation (monthly ‘period’)
When the vagina discharges blood and mucus
How long is the menstrual cycle?
28 days
What is the point of the menstrual cycle?
Egg production controlled by a hormone feedback system
What endocrine glands run the hormone feedback system in the female reproductive system?
Hypothalamus and pituitary glands (in the brain)
What happens from day 1 of a period?
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) helps a new egg form in an egg follicle
FSH
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
