3.9 Male and Female Reproductive Systems

3.9 Recall the structure of the Male and Female reproductive systems

Bladder stores urine

Testis carry out mitosis to produce sperm cell

Epididymis stores sperm cells

Vas deferens carry sperm cells to penis during sexual simulation

Prostate adds 20%-30% of semen known to contain sugars and alkali

Seminal vesicles add 70% of semen/ also contains sugars and alkali

Urethra is the common tube that joins left and right testis

• Takes semen down  the testes
• Carries urine

• Ovaries contain hundreds of undeveloped egg cells
• Egg tubes connect the uterus to the ovry
• Lined with cilia
• An egg develops and goes through the tube every month
• Uterus is a muscular bag where the baby develops
• Has a soft lining
• Also called a womb
• Cervix is a ring of muscle located at the lower end of the uterus
• Keeps baby in place during pregnancy
• Vagina is a muscular tube that leads the cervix to the outside of the female body