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.