The Human Reproductive System
What you need to know:
 What are the organs of the female
reproductive system?
 What are the organs of the male
reproductive system?
 What are sex cells?
What you need to do:
 Read pages 150 to 151 of Biology for You
 Sort the keywords into two lists: one for the
male system and one for the female system
Male
Female
Sperm
Scrotum
Testes
Vagina
Oviduct
Ovary
Uterus
Cervix
Ovum
Sperm duct
What you need to do:
 Complete the Human Reproductive System
worksheet
male
The ______
*
reproductive
system
* Bladder
* Gland
*Sperm duct
* Penis
* Urethra
* Testes
* Scrotum
female reproductive system
The ________
*
* Oviduct
* Ovary
*
Cervix
* Uterus
* Vagina
UTERUS
 Sometimes called the womb – if an egg is fertilised it will
implant in the wall of the uterus and develop into a
foetus
CERVIX
 The opening or ‘neck’ of the uterus at the top of the vagina.
VAGINA
 Connects the cervix to the outside of the body - sperm is
deposited here by the penis during sex
OVUM
 The female sex cell – sometimes called an ‘egg’.
OVARY
 After puberty, egg or ovum is released from here once every
28 days or so.
OVIDUCT
 Carries the ovum from the ovary to the uterus – the egg is
fertilised here.
SPERM
The male sex cell – it is adapted to swim from the vagina to the
egg.
TESTES
 After puberty, these make sperm continuously.
SCROTUM
 A sac of skin which holds the testes .
Outline the route taken from
the testes by the sperm as it
leaves the body
Sperm leaves the testes and
travels down the sperm duct...
... which travels past/through
the glands.
The glands provide the
sperm cells with food so that
they have energy for
swimming
The sperm duct joins the
urethra...
... which carries the sperm
out of the body.
 Read page 149 of Biology for You
 Draw labelled diagrams of a sperm and an
ovum
 Copy and complete the diagram below
Sperms
Eggs/Ova
small
large
has a tail for swimming
cannot move much
no food store
has a food store
millions made each day 1 or 2 made per month
Sperm cell
Ovum
Membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Jelly coat
Tail...
... for swimming
Sperm
What you need to know:
 What are the organs of the female
reproductive system?
 What are the organs of the male
reproductive system?
 What are sex cells?