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Oviduct: |
Where fertilisation takes place, the tube that takes the egg to the ovaries |
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Ovaries: |
Produce the eggs |
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Vagina: |
Where the penis is placed in sexual intercourse |
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Uterus: |
Where the Foetus grows |
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Cervix: |
Sperm comes in |
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Testicles: |
Produce sperm |
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Spermduct: |
Carries sperm from the testies to the tip of the penis |
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Uretha: |
Carries sperm/urine to the tip of the penis |
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Scotum: |
Sack of skin that holds the testies outside the body for cooler temperature for sperm reproduction |
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Puberty girls: |
Wider hips, more hair, bones grow, spots |
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Puberty boys; |
Deeper voice,more hair, spots,bones grow |
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Fertilisation in humans: |
The nuclei of the sperm and the egg fuse together in the oviduct to form a zygote. |
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Amnotic Fluid: |
Cushions & protects feotus |
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Placenta: |
Lets mothers blood come close to foetus to allow exchange of waste,food & oxygen. It is connected by the umbilical cord. The foetus needs glucose &oxygen for desperation. The foetus needs to get rid of carbon dioxide and urea. |
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Amniotic sac: |
Protects the foetus/embryo |
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Umbilical cord: |
Connects the embryo/ foetus to the mother (Placenta). |
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Giving Birth: |
The amniotic sac burst (water breaking)-muscles in the uterus wall start to contract to push the baby-the muscles in the cervix relax and widen. |
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Menstrual cycle: |
The lining is lost from the uterus (period). The lining of the uterus thickens to get ready for a fertilised egg.A ripe egg cell is released from an ovary (ovulation).The lining of the Uterus stops developing if the egg cell was not fertilised. |
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Twins: |
Identical-1sperm/egg non identical-2sperms/eggs |