Female & Male Reproductive Systems
Quiz and Answers.
Eggs - Answer female gametes or ova (singular: ovum)
Ovaries - Answer the female sex glands that store the ova and produce female sex hormones
Uterus - Answer the hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ that nourishes and protects a
fertilized ovum until birth
Ovulation - Answer the process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian tube each
month
Fallopian tubes - Answer a pair of tubes with fingerlike projections that draw in the ovum
Vagina - Answer a muscular, elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to the outside of
the body
Menstruation - Answer the shedding of the uterine lining
Cervix - Answer the opening to the uterus
Breast - Answer __________ cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause
of death, after lung cancer, for women in the US.
month - Answer The American Cancer Society recommends that females examine their
breasts once a ____, right after their periods. This way, the breasts are not tender and swollen
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) - Answer a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the
immune system and the liver, and can be fatal
Infertility - Answer the inability to conceive a child
Endometriosis - Answer the painful, chronic disease that occurs when tissue that lines the
uterus migrates and grows in the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the uterus, or the lining of the pelvic
cavity
, Vaginitis - Answer caused by bacterial vaginosis; Most common vaginal infection in women of
childbearing age; Often accompanied by discharge, odor, pain, itching, burning
Ovarian cysts - Answer fluid filled sacs on the ovary; Small, non cancerous cysts that usually
disappear on their own; Larger cysts may require surgery
Sperm - Answer the male gametes, or reproductive cells
Testosterone - Answer the male sex hormone; controls production of sperm
Testes - Answer also called testicles, two small glands that secrete testosterone and produce
sperm
Scrotum - Answer an external skin sac
Penis - Answer a tube-shaped organ that extends from the trunk of the body just above the
testes
Semen - Answer a thick fluid containing sperm and other secretions from the male
reproductive system
Sterility - Answer the inability to reproduce
Ejaculation - Answer at the height of sexual arousal, a series of muscular contractions may
occur
Fertilization - Answer the joining of a male sperm cell and a female egg cell
Foreskin - Answer the tip of a penis is covered by a thin, loose skin called ...
Circumcision - Answer surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis
400,000 - Answer At birth a female's ovaries contain more than ______ immature ova, or eggs
Cilia - Answer __________, tiny hairlike structures, work along with muscular contractions in
the Fallopian tubes to move the ovum along
Quiz and Answers.
Eggs - Answer female gametes or ova (singular: ovum)
Ovaries - Answer the female sex glands that store the ova and produce female sex hormones
Uterus - Answer the hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ that nourishes and protects a
fertilized ovum until birth
Ovulation - Answer the process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian tube each
month
Fallopian tubes - Answer a pair of tubes with fingerlike projections that draw in the ovum
Vagina - Answer a muscular, elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to the outside of
the body
Menstruation - Answer the shedding of the uterine lining
Cervix - Answer the opening to the uterus
Breast - Answer __________ cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause
of death, after lung cancer, for women in the US.
month - Answer The American Cancer Society recommends that females examine their
breasts once a ____, right after their periods. This way, the breasts are not tender and swollen
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) - Answer a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the
immune system and the liver, and can be fatal
Infertility - Answer the inability to conceive a child
Endometriosis - Answer the painful, chronic disease that occurs when tissue that lines the
uterus migrates and grows in the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the uterus, or the lining of the pelvic
cavity
, Vaginitis - Answer caused by bacterial vaginosis; Most common vaginal infection in women of
childbearing age; Often accompanied by discharge, odor, pain, itching, burning
Ovarian cysts - Answer fluid filled sacs on the ovary; Small, non cancerous cysts that usually
disappear on their own; Larger cysts may require surgery
Sperm - Answer the male gametes, or reproductive cells
Testosterone - Answer the male sex hormone; controls production of sperm
Testes - Answer also called testicles, two small glands that secrete testosterone and produce
sperm
Scrotum - Answer an external skin sac
Penis - Answer a tube-shaped organ that extends from the trunk of the body just above the
testes
Semen - Answer a thick fluid containing sperm and other secretions from the male
reproductive system
Sterility - Answer the inability to reproduce
Ejaculation - Answer at the height of sexual arousal, a series of muscular contractions may
occur
Fertilization - Answer the joining of a male sperm cell and a female egg cell
Foreskin - Answer the tip of a penis is covered by a thin, loose skin called ...
Circumcision - Answer surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis
400,000 - Answer At birth a female's ovaries contain more than ______ immature ova, or eggs
Cilia - Answer __________, tiny hairlike structures, work along with muscular contractions in
the Fallopian tubes to move the ovum along
