Male and Female Reproductive Systems Worksheet

1.What is the purpose of the reproductive system?
Production of offspring
2.What is the function of the ovaries?
To produce the ova and the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone.
3.What is the structure that connects the ovaries to the uterus?
The fallopian Tubes
4.What is the name of the lining of the uterus?
Endometrium
5.Name the three parts of the uterus and where they are located.
Fundus - the uppermost or top portion of the uterus
Body - the middle portion
Cervix - the neck like portion that opens down towards the vagina or birth canal.
6.What is the female organ of copulation?
vagina
7.Sketch a picture of the female reproductive system. Include the following: bladder, ovary, uterus, fallopian tube, urethra, vagina.

8.What is the male organ of copulation?
penis
9.What are the two functions of the urethra in the male?
In the unrinary system it passes urine from the bladder to the external surface of the body. In the reproductive system it serves as a passageway for the semen to the outside of the body.
10.What are the two functions of the testes?
Production of sperm cells and secreation of an endocrine substance, the male sex hormone.
11.What is the name of the structure where the testes are located?
Scrotum
12.Why are the testes located outside the body?
because if it is inside of the body then the sperm will die because the body heat is too hot for them.
13.Where do sperm mature?
In the Epididymis
14.What is the vas deferens?
a small tube which connects the epididymis and ejaculatory duct.
15.What is the structure that secretes and stores a fluid releases at the time of ejaculation?
seminal vesicles
16.What are the functions of the prostate gland?
secretes an alkaline fluid to keep the sperm mobile and protect them from the acid secretion of the female vagina.
17.What is semen?
made up of sperm cells and secretions from the seminal vesicles, prostate and cowper's glands.
18.Sketch a picture of the male reproductive system. Include the following: penis, seminal vesicles, epididymis, cowper’s gland, testes, scrotum, vas deferens, urethra, prostate, ejaculatory duct. You guys will need to do this in paint. Sorry, but I am not there to get the drawings by hand.