human reproduction

• Under arms + pubic hair


  • Growth Spurt
  • Brain matures
• Fallopian tube


  1. Egg travels to the uterus

  2. Could be fertilised
• Ovary


  Eggs mature
• Cervix


  Entrance to uterus
• Uterus


  Where foetus develops
• Vagina


  Receives sperm during sexual intercourse
• Seminal vesicle


  Prostate glands
• Scrotum


  Keeps testes outside the body
• Vas deferens


  Carries sperm to urethra
• Penis


  Places sperm into vagina
• Oestrogen


  Released by the ovaries and causes the lining of the uterus (endometrium) to thicken again
• Progesterone


  Produced by the empty follicle in the ovary, maintains the lining of the uterus
• Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)


  Secreted by the pituitary gland, causes the egg to be released from ovaries and stimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen
• Luteinising Hormone


  Secreted by the pituitary gland, causes egg to be released from ovaries, stimulates the release of progesterone