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.