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प्रश्न
Why is zona pellucid retained around the egg till it reaches the uterus?
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उत्तर
Zona pellucida prevents the implantation of the blastocyst at an abnormal site such as a fallopian tube and it keeps trophoblast cells unexposed till it reaches the uterus. Hence, zona pellucida is retained around the egg until it reaches the uterus.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the odd one in each of the following:
Sperm; implantation; fertilization; ovum; ovum; after birth.
Rewrite the terms in the correct order so as to be in a logical sequence.
Graafian follicle, ostium, uterus, fallopian tube.
The following diagram represents the vertical sectional view of the human female reproductive system.
Label the parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 8.
Give appropriate term for the following:
The onset of reproductive phase in a female.
Give appropriate term of the following:
The process of fusion of ovum and sperm.
The diagram alongside is the vertical section of female reproductive organs. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the fully developed part of ovary containing the ovum. (ii) Name the organ of the female body in which the foetus develops.
(iii) What is ovulation?
(iv) Which two hormones are secreted by ovary?

Explain the term Tubectomy.
The ability to reproduce is lost in a female after ______
Read the following and answer from given below:
During copulation, semen is released by the penis into the vegina. The motile sperms swim rapidly, fuse with the ovum in the ampullary region, resulting in fertilization. The haploid nucleus of sperm fuses with that of the ovum to form a diploid zygote.
What is the signifacance of fertilisation?
______ acts as a birth canal.
