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WHAT DO YOU THINK REPRODUCTION MEANS?
Is the process by which life ismaintained from one generation
to the next.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHIs the state of complete physical,mental and social being and theabsence of disease or infirmity inall matters relating to thereproductive system, its function
andprocesses.
Why do youthink
ReproductiveHealth is
important?
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Is a system of organs within an
organism which work together for the
purpose of reproduction.
FOUR FUNCTIONS OF REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
1. To produce egg and sperm cells.
2. To transport and sustain these cells.
3. To nurture the developing offspring.
4. To produce hormones.
Male Gonads
– producing
sperm cells
Male hormone
-Testosterone
Female Gonads
– producing egg cells
Female hormone
- Estrogen
What the Male Reproductive System does… Works to produce sperm and
deliver it to the female reproductive system