Fill in the Gaps Activity Female Reproductive Structure and Function
Using the notes you have made in class, and your textbook complete the following table.
The first one has been done for you.
Name of
Structure
Ovary
Description of Structure
Purpose of Structure
A small round oval structure that
lies on the outside of the Uterus
Holds the follicles which the house the egg which
contains the female reproductive material.
Produces the female hormone Oestrogen.
A long narrow coiled tube.
Uterus
To provide an entry point to the Uterus
Vagina
Homework Activity 2A
Mark Sheet
Female Reproductive Organs
Name of
Structure
Ovary
Description of Structure
Purpose of Structure
A small round oval structure that
lies on the outside of the Uterus
Fallopian
Tube
Uterus
A long narrow coiled tube.
Holds the follicles which the house the egg which
contains the female reproductive material.
Produces the female hormone Oestrogen.
A tube the eggs travel along to reach the Uterus
Cervix
A lower part of the Uterus that
extends into the vagina
A muscular tube that joins onto the
Cervix
Vagina
A hollow muscular organ
Supplies the foetus with nutrients and a safe place
to develop
To provide an entry point to the Uterus
The entry point for the penis.
Mix and Match Classroom Activity
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Teacher Instructions
Enlarge and photocopy this table onto card laminating will extend their life. You could make
several sets and use this for individual or small group activity either in class or at home as well as
for revision exercise or tutorial activity prior to exams.
Cut the boxes up and hand out the set to the students.
Student Instructions
Each of the following cards relate to the male reproductive structures.
Match each structure with the correct description of the structure.
Match the correct function of the structure to the description of the structure and the and name of
the structure.
Female Reproductive Organs
Name of
Structure
Ovary
Oestrogen
Follicle
Fallopian
Tube
Ovulation
Ova
Uterus
Foetus
Cervix
Vagina
Birthing
Oestrus
Mating
Zygote
Description of Structure
Function of Structure
A small round oval structure that
lies on the outside of the Uterus
A substance made in the ovary
A structure found inside the ovary.
Is responsible for housing the eggs.
A long narrow coiled tube.
A process that releases eggs from
the ovary
Another name for the egg
A hollow muscular organ
When the sperm and egg meet they
divide and from an embryo
A lower part of the Uterus that
extends into the vagina
A muscular tube that joins onto the
Cervix
A process that expels the young out
of the body via the Vagina
Signalled when the hormone
Oestrogen is released.
The process where the male animal
mounts the female
The name given for the fertilised
egg or ova
Signals the onset of Oestrus in female animals
A place where the egg is stored until it matures
and is expelled into the Fallopian tube
A tube the expelled eggs travel along to reach the
Uterus.
Starts the egg on its journey to the Uterus
Contains the female genetic material
Supplies the foetus with nutrients and a safe place
to develop
The name given to the growing embryo
To provide an entry point to the Uterus
The entry point for the penis.
Signals that the animal id fully developed and
ready to grow outside the Uterus
A regular cycle that signals the female is ready to
mate with the male.
Sperm is ejected into the Uterus where it fertilises
an egg.
The zygote attached itself to the wall of the uterus
where it develops into an embryo
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