1. Female Reproduction System

3. 1. What is the female gamete (sex cell)? The egg or ovum

4. 2. What is the external part of the female reproductive organs called? The vulva

5. 3. What does the urethra do? It is the canal that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body

6. 4. What are the female’s internal reproductive organs? The vagina Uterus Fallopian tubes Ovaries

7. 5. What contains some of the strongest muscles in the female body? The uterus (womb)

8. 6. What connects the uterus to the ovaries? Fallopian Tubes

9. 7. What female sex hormones are produced by the ovaries? Estrogen and progesterone

10. 8. What does the female reproductive system do? Produce eggs (ova) Have sexual intercourse Protect and nourish the fertilized egg until it is fully developed Give birth

11. 9. What are gonads? Sexual Organs

12. 10. After an egg is fertilized by the sperm, what do we call the fertilized egg? A zygote

13. 11. How many eggs is a girl born with? Hundreds of thousands which remain inactive until puberty begins

14. 12. Which gland starts making hormones that stimulate the ovaries to produce female sex hormones? The pituitary

15. 13. What happens during the menstrual cycles? Girls begin to release eggs