Activity 2: What's the Best Directions: Supply the correct word to complete the following sentences. Choose from the choices below. Write your answer in your answer sheet.
1. An egg matures once in every______.
2. The mature egg is released from the ovary down to the _______.
3. The egg cells are present in a girl's body at_______.
4. The release of a mature ovum/egg into the fallopian tube is called_______.
5. The inner lining of the uterus slow down and passed out through a flow of blood called _______.
birth, fallopian tube/oviduct, month, menstruation, ovulation
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Answer:
1. Ovum
2. Fallopian tubes go from the uterus to the ovaries. During ovulation, an ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube next to it.
Explanation:
3. The ovaries produce the egg cells, called the ova or oocytes. The oocytes are then transported to the fallopian tube where fertilization by a sperm may occur. The fertilized egg then moves to the uterus, where the uterine lining has thickened in response to the normal hormones of the reproductive
4. The ovaries are two oval-shaped organs that lie to the upper right and left of the uterus. They produce, store, and release eggs into the fallopian tubes in the process called ovulation (av-yoo-LAY-shun).
5. If the egg does not become fertilized as it travels down the fallopian tube on its way to the uterus, the endometrium (lining of the uterus) is shed and passes through the vagina (the passageway through which fluid passes out of the body during menstrual periods, also called the birth canal).