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Complete the following table:

Structure: Function:
Vagina Provides a passageway for blood and mucosal tissue from the
uterus during a woman's monthly period. receives the penis during
sexual intercourse and holds the sperm until they pass into the
uterus. provides a passageway for childbirth.
Cervix allows fluids to flow inside and out of your uterus. It's also a
powerful gatekeeper that can open and close in ways that make
pregnancy and childbirth possible
Ovary They produce and store your eggs (also called ovum) and make
hormones that control your menstrual cycle and pregnancy
Uterus where a fertilised egg implants during pregnancy and where your
baby develops until birth
Fallopian tube channels for oocyte transport and fertilisation
Uterus lining preparation for implantation, maintenance of pregnancy if
implantation occurs, and menstruation in the absence of
pregnancy
Testes making sperm and are also involved in producing a hormone called
testosterone
Penis urination and sexual intercourse
Urethra allows urine to pass outside the body
Vas deferens transports mature sperm to the urethra in preparation for
ejaculation
Epididymis store the sperms for maturation and transport it to vas deferens
Prostate produce the fluid that nourishes and transports sperm (seminal
fluid).
Seminal vesicle store and produce the majority of the fluid that makes up semen.

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