Chart of the reproductive system (done in ACT-2 FDM)
5. Make a chart in which you establish each of the functions of
the female and male reproductive organs and their function:
ORGAN FUNCTION ORGAN FUNCTION
TESTIS producing and storing OVARIES Two main functions:
sperm. They're also they produce oocytes crucial for creating (eggs) for fertilisation testosterone and and they produce the other male hormones reproductive called androgens. hormones, oestrogen and progesterone.
EPIDIDYMIS It transports and FALLOPIAN o transport sperm
stores sperm cells that TUBES toward the egg, which are produced in the is released by the testes. To bring the ovary, and to then sperm to maturity, allow passage of the since the sperm that fertilized egg back to emerge from the the uterus for testes are immature implantation. and incapable of fertilization.
SCROTUM Has a protective UTERUS Nurturing the
function and acts as a fertilized ovum that climate control system develops into the fetus for the testes. and holding it till the baby is mature enough for birth.
VAS DEFERENS Transport mature ENDOMETRIUM To prevent adhesions
sperm to the urethra, between the opposed the tube that carries walls of the urine or sperm to myometrium, thereby outside of the body, in maintaining the preparation for patency of the uterine ejaculation. cavity.
SEMINAL Small glands that CERVIX To allow flow of
VESICLES store and produce the menstrual blood from majority of the fluid the uterus into the that makes up semen. vagina, and direct the sperms into the uterus during intercourse.
PROSTATE GLAND Main function is to VAGINA Receives the male
secrete prostate fluid, reproductive cells, or one of the sperm, and is part of components of the birth canal during semen.The muscles of the birth process. It the prostate gland also functions as an also help propel this excretory canal for the seminal fluid into the products of urethra during menstruation. ejaculation .
PENIS Has a reproductive
function and urinary function. It contains the urethra, which allows for the passage of urine. It also has erectile and ejaculatory functions which make it possible for males to engage in sexual intercourse.
URETHRA Tube that carries
urine from the bladder to outside of the body. In males, it has the additional function of ejaculating semen when the man reaches orgasm.