The males sex glands are called the 1)______ The males sex glands are called the 1)______. These produce both 2)______ ( the male sex hormone) & 3)________( the male sex cell). When an ejaculation takes place the sperm leave the epididymis and on the way on gland called the 4)_______, adds fluid to make the sperm live longer and swim stronger. Once this occurs this mixture is now called 5)____. 5) ____ leaves the body through the penis via a tube called the 6)______
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
WHAT ARE THE FEMALE HOROMONES? ESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE. REGULATES FEMALE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT. PRODUCED IN THE OVARIES.
FEMALE SEX CELL: THE EGG CELL OR OVA
FERTILIZATION JOINING OR UNITING OF SPERM AND EGG CELL TO FORM A HUMAN LIFE. TAKES PLACE IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE.
OVULATION * PROCESS WHERE THE OVARIES RELEASE A SINGLE MATURE EGG. * OVARIES ALTERNATE EACH MONTH.
MENSTRUATION SHEDDING OF THE UTERINE LINING MATERIAL FROM THE BODY.
FUNCTION OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM STORING AND RELEASING EGGS. ALLOWING FERTILIZATION TO TAKE PLACE. NOURISHING AND PROTECTING FETUS.
FEMALE HEALTH CONCERNS
INFERTILITY THE INABILITY TO REPRODUCE. NOT PRODUCING VIABLE EGGS.
2) CANCER BREAST – SELF CHECKS MONTHLY OVARIAN CERVICAL UTERINE
3) PMS- PREMENSTRAL SYNDROME PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISCOMFORT
4) TSS- TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME BACTERIAL INFECTION – MISUSE OF A TAMPON. CAN BE DEADLY.
5) ECTOPIC TUBAL PREGNANCY IMPLANTATION OCCURS IN FALLOPIAN TUBE INSTEAD OF UTERUS.