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Reproductive System
Male & Female Reproductive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bladder | The place where urine is stored. |
| 1 to 4 | Menstrual discharge occurs during days |
| 14 to 15 | Ovulation occurs during days |
| 16 to 22 | Egg moves through fallopian tubes during days |
| 23 to 28 | Unfertilized egg enters uterus |
| 5 to 13 | Egg develops during these days |
| Adolescence | The stages of development during which children become adults physically and mentally. |
| Amniotic Sac | The sac in which the fetus develops during pregnancy. This membrane is filled with fluid. |
| Cervix | The opening from the uterus to the vagina. |
| Egg | The female sex cell. |
| Embryo | The embryo is what the zygote is slightly more developed. |
| Fallopian tubes | The tubes (plural!) in which the eggs travel down during ovulation. |
| Fetus | The fertilized egg, which is now similar to an actual baby. |
| Implantation | When the egg attaches itself to the lining of the uterus. |
| Menstrual Cycle (mentruation) | The cycle in which the egg leaves the ovaries, goes down the fallopian tubes, and is 'flushed' out with the lining of the uterus when the egg is not fertilized. |
| Ovaries | The place in which the eggs (ovum) are stored and produced. There are two of them. |
| Ovulation | The period of time which the egg is in th fallopian tubes and travelling towards to uterus. |
| Penis | The organ in wich semen leaves the body through |
| Placenta | The link between the embryo and the mother in which the embryo's blood vessels are carried next to the mothers. This helps protect the fetus, but not 100%. This link is how the embryo gets the food from its mother. |
| Puberty | The period of time (usually between the ages of nine and fifteen) |
| Reproduction | When the sperm and the egg meet and are making a new person. It is how a person is produced, but it isn't intercourse exactly... |
| Scrotum | The external pouch of skin in which the testes are located. It also keeps the testes at the correct temperature. |
| Semen | The mixture of sperm cells and fluid. |
| Sperm | The male sex cell. |
| Testes | The gland in which sperm are stored and produced. |
| Urethra | The tube that the urine and semen (and sperm).leave the body from. |
| Uterus | The 'pear |
| Vagina | Also called the birth canal, this muscular passageway leading to the outside of the body. The baby leaves the body during birth through this organ. |
| Zygote | The fertilized egg. |
| zygote, embryo, fetus | Three major stages of development when a baby is in the uterus. |