Saturday, September 24, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
3.2 Fertilisation
- The adult male and female gametes are formed by meiosis.
- When we have sufficient cells this will then be called an embryo.
- The cells that are formed by meiosis have half as many chromosomes as the cell that formed them.
- Fertilisation occurs when a male and female gamete join.
- The zygote divides into a ball of cells, called the blastula which then grows to form the embryo.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
3.9a Male reproduction system
- Urine is stored in the bladder.
- The penis carries the sperm into the vagina.
- Sperm is stored in the epididymis.
- The seminal vesticle produces 70% of the semen.
- Urethra is the tube which connects the testes and the SV which takes semen to the penis.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
3.12 Amniotic Fluid
- Amniotic fluid is found inside the embryo.
- If anything happens to the outside uterus amniotic fluid prevent anything happening to the unborn child.
- Amniotic fluid can't be compressed, it absorbs pressure.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
3.11 Placenta
- The placenta grows out of the developing embryo not the mother.
- The blood vessels inside the placenta are the child's blood vessels including arteries and veins.
- The placenta grows into the wall of the uterus.
- Glucose, amino acids and fats travels through the mother's blood stream and into the wall of the uterus.
- Glucose, amino acids and fats will cross into the child's blood at the placenta.
- Amino acids, sugars and fats will go from the mother's to the child's blood.
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