Contraception - Sterilisation
Biology: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 5.3.24
Sterilisation
Women and men can control fertility to prevent a woman from getting pregnant. If they choose to have a permanent procedure to remove any chance of getting pregnant, they undergo a sterilisation:
Women
- For a woman, this involves having the fallopian tubes (ducts which connect the ovaries to the uterus) cut so that an egg cannot reach the uterus.
Men
- For a man, this involves having the sperm ducts (the tubes between the testes and the penis) cut so that the sperm are not released on ejaculation.
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Who can undergo a sterilisation procedure to permanently prevent pregnancy?
Why does cutting a man's sperm ducts prevent pregnancy?
What do male and female sterilisation have in common?
What is the key difference between how female sterilisation and male sterilisation block the gametes?
Why does sterilisation not stop the ovaries or testes producing eggs or sperm?