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= __The Reproductive System__ = == The main function of your [|reproductive system], male or female, is to reproduce so the human race can continue. The process starts during sexual intercourse when the man’s sperm enters the woman’s vagina. The sperm then travel up through the vagina and then into the fallopian tubes. Once in the fallopian tubes the sperm fertilizes the egg or eggs making them or it an embryo. The embryo moves to the uterus and grows in there. After a 9-month period the baby or babies would be born. Basically the reproductive system reproduces humans.

The male reproductive system is made up of three important parts: the penis; testes; and the vas deferens. The penis you’ve probably heard of and it’s the main male reproductive organ from which sperm is released. The testes or testicles are the spheres in the scrotum that produce sperm once a boy’s endocrine system and testosterone start to work. The vas deferens transport the sperm from the testes to the penis to be released into the female’s vagina.

The female reproductive system is a bit more complicated seeing as it contains more, and more important organs. The estrogen is the area in which the eggs are created. The fallopian tubes transport the eggs into the uterus and are the location in which egg fertilization takes place. The uterus is a muscle above the vagina in which the baby grows inside the woman and it expands as the baby grows. The cervix is a sphincter muscle separating the vagina and the uterus made out of muscle tissue. The vagina is where the sperm enters through and the area in which the baby departs.

There are quite a few diseases that can occur to and be acquired by the reproductive system. A commonly known sickness would be [|HIV] and it’s later form AIDS. These are very serious but do not directly affect the reproductive system. A common disease that does affect the reproductive system is herpes, which although it is not that serious, it does give you rashes in your crotch area and does not disappear easily. If a woman has it while giving birth the baby can be born blind. There are several more but these are just a couple of common examples.

If you are careful you can avoid many of these diseases with a few simple steps. The best protection would be to stay entirely abstinent and not have any sexual intercourse until you are older and can deal with any problems from sex. It is also important too, if you are going to have sex, have your partner be wearing a condom which will also stop any unwanted semen from entering the females vagina. This stops a embryo from being created and any diseases from being received. Another option is the birth control pill but that only, as the name states, controls birth and interferes with the hormones.

The reproductive system interacts with the endocrine system in a very key way. First off, the endocrine system creates the glands needed for your body to mature, the ones that create sperm in men. If you didn’t have an endocrine system you wouldn’t be able to have any children. Did you know that some people are born without an X chromosome and can never reproduce to have children because they don’t have any glands? Now you know how important your endocrine system is and how key the reproductive system is aswell, because if they didn’t exist we wouldn’t either. Check out my awesome web! media type="custom" key="6349493" width="10" height="10" align="left"

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