Hormonal and physical aspects

• What is the function of the fallopian tubes?

  To transport eggs from the ovaries to the uterus and where fertilisation occurs
• What is the function of the ovaries?

  Storage of immature eggs and release oestrogen
• What is the function of the bladder?

  To store urine
• What is the function of the urethra?

  Where urine leaves the body
• What is the function of the vagina?

  Where the penis enters during sexual intercourse
• What is the function of the cervix?

  Prevents things inside the uterus from leaving and prevents things outside the uterus from entering
• What is the function of the rectum?

  To store faeces
• What is the function of the uterus?

  Where fertilised eggs develop, called implantation
• What is puberty?

  Physical changes that occur to males and females as the reproductive organs become active, which is controlled by hormones released from the ovaries and testes
• What are primary sexual characteristics?

  The reproductive organs that a male or female is born with. The main reproductive organs in females are the ovaries and in males is the testes.
• What are secondary sexual characteristics?

  Physical changes to males and females that occur during puberty that are associated with sexual maturity.
• In males, the testes produce the sex hormone, which makes the male secondary sexual characteristics develop.
• In females, the ovaries produce the sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone. These make female secondary sexual characterstics develop and are involved in fertility and the menstrual cycle.