The reproductive system is the system that allows for the continuation of the human species.  This system is different in both males and females.  The role of the male’s reproductive system is to manufacture sperm and then to deliver them to the female’s reproductive tract where fertilization may occur.  The role of the female’s reproductive system is basically the same except that it goes further if the sperm meets an egg.  If fertilization occurs the female reproductive system is designed to nurture and care for the cell that will soon grow into a baby.

     The sperm is produced in the males testis and then travels through a series of ducts to reach the body         exterior.  The eggs are produced in the ovary of a female.  When a egg is to be expelled or ovulated a “blister forms on the exterior of the ovary.  When the “blister” bursts the egg is collected by the ends of the fallopian tubes and travels through the fallopian tubes where it can be fertilized by a single sperm.

     If an egg is fertilized it travels down into the uterus where it embeds in the wall of the uterus.  There it divides rapidly and the cells begin to specialize into the different organs of a pregnancy.  Some of the cells form the amniotic sac while some form the placenta and the umbilical cord.  Only a small number of these cells will eventually form the fetus.