Read each statement and then fill in the blank.

 

1. I am the neck of the uterus. What is my name? _____________________________
2. We are cells in the cervical crypts. What do we secrete near ovulation? ___________________________
3. I am the muscular organ in which the baby grows. What am I? _____________________________
4. I am the organ that contains all of the eggs (ovum). What am I? _____________________________
5. I serve as the birth canal for the baby. What am I? _____________________________
6. I am the hormone secreted in the ovary after ovulation. What am I? _____________________________
7. We are the tiny crypts found in the neck of the uterus. We make the mucus discharge that helps you know when you ovulate. What are we? _____________________________
8. We are the “chemical messengers” that start puberty. We come from which gland? ___________________________
9. There is another name for menstruation. What is it? ___________________________
10. I am the lining of the uterus where the baby implants. What am I? _____________________________
11. My name means “chemical messenger.” I am secreted into the bloodstream but act on another organ in the body. What am I? ____________________________
12. I am the place in the woman’s body where the sperm and the egg meet. This is where life begins. What am I? _____________________________

WORD BANK OF ANSWERS

 

Hormone Vagina

Cervix Cervical Crypts

Menstrual Period Ovary

Cervical Mucus Uterus

Pituitary Gland Endometrium

Progesterone Fallopian Tube