1. Reproductive System Human Reproduction

2. Female Reproductive System

3. Male Reproductive System

4. Reproductive System Vocabulary Ovum: (egg cell) female sex cell Ovulation: ovaries release an egg Sperm: male sex cell, Semen: fluid containing sperm Ejaculation-release of semen

5. Vocabulary continued: Fertilization- sperm tries to enter egg cell Conception-moment that sperm enters egg cell

6. Developing baby: Zygote-fertilized egg cell up to 2 weeks Embryo-fertilized egg from 2 weeks to 2 months Fetus- baby from 2 months until birth

7. Full Term Pregnancy

8. Vocabulary continued: Placenta- afterbirth Umbilical cord- “life line” connects baby to the placenta Amniotic Sac- contains amniotic fluid and the baby

9. Human Development Adolescent –the period between puberty and the completion of physical growth, roughly from 11 to 19 years of age –Undergoing physical/mental changes which allow the body to have the ability to reproduce

10. Chromosomes 46 total in a fertilized egg cell 23 from the sperm and 23 from the egg 2 sex chromosomes: X and/or Y –Male = Y or X –Female = X XX = female XY = male

11. Route of Sperm Testes>epididymus>vas deferens>(passes by seminal vesicle, prostate and Cowper’s glands)>urethra (penis)

12. Route of the egg Ovary>fallopian tube>uterus> cervix>vagina

13. The Circle of Life