Question

12 biology human reproduction

Answer 1

Reproduction is the formation of new individuals of their own kind by living organisms.

(1) The Male Reproductive System consists of:

(a) Primary sex organs i.e. a pair of testes suspended in a scrotum.

Secondary sorgans i.e. a pair of ducts each differentiated into an epididymis, a vas deferens and an ejaculatory duct.

(b) A male urethra passing through an erectile penis.

(c) Three types of Glands - a pair of seminal vesicles, a prostate gland and a pair of Cowper’s glands.

(2) The Female Reproductive system consists of:

(a) Primary sex organ i.e. a pair of ovaries

(b) Secondary sex organs i.e. a pair of fallopian tubes (oviducts) , a uterus (womb), a vagina.

(c) Ovaries produce female gametes called ova.