Reproductive System Human Reproduction Female Reproductive System Male

Reproductive System Human Reproduction

Female Reproductive System

Male Reproductive System

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

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

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

Full Term Pregnancy

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

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

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

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

Route of the egg • Ovary>fallopian tube>uterus> cervix>vagina

The Circle of Life