Question

(a) Name the parts labelled A, B, C, D and E.

(b) Where do the following functions occur? 

(i) Production of an egg 

(ii) Fertilisation 

(iii) Implantation of zygote. 

(c) What happens to the lining of uterus: 

(i) before release of a fertilised egg? 

(ii) if no fertilisation occurs?

Answer 1

A – Oviduct or Fallopian tube; 

B – Ovary; 

C – Uterus; 

D – Cervix; 

E – Vagina. 

(b) (i) Ovaries; 

(ii) Fallopian tube;

(iii) Lining of the uterus. 

(c) (i) The lining of uterus becomes 

(ii) The lining of uterus slowly breaks and comes out through the vagina as blood and mucous, if no fertilisation occurs.