“THE HUMAN

REPRODUCTIVE
SYTEM AND PUBERTY”

Chapter 2: Lesson 1
 LEARNING TARGETS

01 Distinguish between male and female

reproductive systems.

02 Describe the structure and functions of the

organs of the male and female reproductive
organs.

Cite the importance of personal hygiene

03 practices to take care of the reproductive
system.
INVESTIGATE
• What can you say about
the people in the picture?
• How do you think they are
related?
The Female Reproductive System

Two main functions:

1. To produce egg cells and;

2. To nourish the growing baby

inside the womb until birth.
Part of the Female Reproductive System
Part of the Female Reproductive System
Parts of the Female Reproductive System

Ovaries Uterus Fallopian tubes

Cervix Vagina
 OVARIES
- These are the primary organs of
females.
- They release cells called the egg
cells or ova in a process known as
ovulation.
 OVARIES
- They also produce and secrete
estrogen.
- Estrogen - a hormone for
development of the secondary sex
characteristics among girls
 Secondary Sex Characteristics

- these are specific traits for males and

females that develop during puberty.
 FAllOPIAN TUBES

- These serves as the

passengers for the egg cells
as they travel from the ovary
to the uterus.
 UTERUS

- It is also known as
the womb, the part
where the baby
develops.
 CERVIX
- This is the narrow
muscular end of the
uterus.

- Its opening expands

during childbirth to allow
baby to pass through the
vagina.
 VAGINA

- It is the female sex organ where the

semen that contains the sperm cells
from the male is deposited during
sexual intercourse.
 VAGINA
- It is also where the baby
comes out during birth.

- The vagina is also called

the birth canal.