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Lesson 5
Lesson 5
Humans experience various physical changes from childhood to adulth behavioral traits,
Despite differences in physical appearance, the sexual organs of men and women a rise from Lesson Objectives:
the same structures and fulfill similar functions. Each person has a pair of gonads ; ovaries are When you finish reading this chapter, you should be able to:
female gonads; testes are the male gonads. The gonads produce germ cells and sex
hormones. The female germ cells are ova (egg) and the male germ cells are sperm. Ov a and t. define fertilization, conception and pregnancy;
sperm are the basic units of reproduction; their union can lead to the creation of a new life. 2. explain how pregnancy occurs and its prevention;
and
Assessment 3. identify the complications of early pregnancy in the
I. Compare and contrast the male and the female genitalia
2. Draw a mind map showing the progression oldie male and female from birth, puberty, Definition of Terms:
and adulthood. Ovulation - the process when a mature ovum is released from the
ovary and travels to the fallopian tube for possible fertilization.
References
Fertilization - union of the sperm and the ovum.
Farrell, K. et al. (t995). Life Planning Education: A Youth Development Program. Washington DC: Pregnancy - the process when an offspring develops within the
Advocates for the youth. mother's womb.
German Foundation for World Population DSW (2006). Sexual and Reproductive Health
Training for Manual for Young People. Introduction
Jones, J. (2ott). Human Sexuality.
Although human beings are fully sexually differentiated at birth, the differences
between males and females are accentuated at puberty. This is when the reproductive system
Photo/Image Attributions matures, secondary sexual characteristics develop, and the bodies of males and females
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wild/File:ut6_Muscle_ of the_ Female_ Perineum.png, p22 appear more distinctive.
Don Bliss (Illustrator) [P ublt.c domain), p27 How does one ovulate?
Male_anatorny.png: alt. sex FAQderivative work Tsaitgaist (CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:// The major landmark of puberty among females is the onset of the menstrual cycle,
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), p28 the monthly ovulation cycle that leads to menstruation (loss of blood and tissues lining the
uterus) in the absence of pregnancy. The menstrual cycle is from the first day of a period
until the day before the next period starts.
Normally, it lasts around 28 days, on the average, but can be as short as 2t or as long as
40. Whatever the length, ovulation will happen about to-t6 days before the start of the next