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Uterus (womb)

         It is a bag-like structure inside which the foetus or Zygote


         grows.


         Cervix


         This is a ring of muscle which helps to close the lower end of
         the uterus to the vagina thereby protecting it /foetus from ex-


         ternal damage.



         NB

         1. Female gamete (an Ovum)


         2. Male gamete (sperm)



         The structure of male reproductive organ

                                       Q.                         V







           Bladder                                                                                Seminal

                                                                                                 vesicle


                                                                                            —     Prostate





           Urethra                                                                         /      gland

                                                                                          /      Vas
                                                                                                  deferens



           Penis                                 µ                                         Epididymis


                                      ‘                                                    Testicle
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