Learn about The Reproductive System

By Mrs Meek

Contents Slide

3 The Male Reproductive System Diagram4 The Female Reproductive System Diagram5 The purpose of the Reproductive System6-10 Interesting Facts: How much do you know?11 Reproductive System Organ: The Uterus

(diagram)12 The Purpose of the Uterus

How does the Uterus work13 Reproductive System Organ: The Scrotum

(diagram)14 The Purpose of the Scrotum

How does the Scrotum work 15 Cervical Cancer: What is it?16 Cervical Cancer: Symptoms and Treatment17 Cervical Cancer: Prevention

The Male Reproductive System

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The Female Reproductive System

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We need a Reproductive System so the human race will continue.

The Reproductive System

This system is designed to produce, nourish, and transport either the egg or sperm. To

ensure fertilisation and to look after a developing baby until birth.

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1. What organ releases a woman's eggs? a) the vagina.

b) the fallopian tube. c) the ovaries.

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4. What does the penis fill with to make it erect?

a) urine.b) semen.c) blood.

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3. What is contraception? a) an electronic device. b) the pill. c) methods of preventing pregnancy.

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4. . What does a cervical smear do? a) tests for pregnancy. b) tests for sexually transmitted diseases. c) tests for cervical cancer.

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5. How often do women have periods? a) about once a year. b) once a fortnight. c) about once a month.

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6. Where does the sperm usually meet the

egg a) in the fallopian tube b) in the ovaries c) in the vagina

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7. Identical twins are a result of

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8. The sperm and the egg meet in the

and produce a zygote which is the first stage of a baby

one egg and one sperm joining and then splitting into two

fallopian tubes

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b. The scrotum with the testes inside, hang outside the body because they need to be kept

9. The baby grows in the in the mother.

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10a. The sperm is stored in the

uterus / womb

testes

cool

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The Uterus

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The Purpose of the Uterus

The uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped muscular organ in the female reproductive system. During pregnancy the uterus grows to accommodate a growing embryo.

Every month the uterus builds up a layer of blood on its inside walls to feed a baby.

If the woman does not get pregnant the uterus releases the blood out of the vagina.

If a woman gets pregnant the baby will grow inside the uterus until it is ready to be born. It protects and feeds the baby throughout the pregnancy.

How does the Uterus work

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The Scrotum

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The Purpose of the ScrotumThe function of the scrotum is to produce sperm and keep the testis at a temperature slightly lower than that of the rest of the body as the sperm dies when it is kept too warm.

How does the Scrotum work

When the whether is cool, the scrotum tightens to bring the testicles closer to the body, and when the weather gets warmer the scrotum loosen to hang the testicles further away from the body.

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Cervical Cancer

Cervical Cancer forms in tissues of the cervix (the organ connecting the uterus and vagina)

The difference between cancer cells and normal cells is that cancer cells can invade (grow into) other tissues.

Being able to grow out of control and to invade other tissues makes a cell a cancer cell.

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Cervical Cancer

You might suspect you have cervical cancer if you

• have any Vaginal Bleeding

• have moderate pain during sexual intercourse

Symptoms

TreatmentSome cervical cancer is treated by hysterectomy (removal of the whole uterus including part of the vagina). Sometimes the lymph nodes are removed as well.

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Cervical Cancer

Prevention• All women need to have regular cervical

smears, beginning about 3 years after a woman first has sexual intercourse, but no later than age 21. Then every three

years after that.

• Eat a healthy diet

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The End

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