Physical and Sexual Self
Physical and Sexual Self
SEXUAL SELF
Life begins at fertilization.
It refers to the meeting of the female
sex cell and the male sex cell. These
sex cells are developed in the
reproductive organs called GONADS.
The male sex cell called
spermatozoa [sing. –zoon] are
produced in the male gonads called
testes.
OVA - female sex cells.
produced in the female gonads known ovaries.
ZYGOTE – the fertilized egg cell.
contains all the hereditary potentials from the parents. This zygote
goes to the uterus and continues to grow during the gestation period of about
280 days or 36 weeks or 9 calendar months.
Both male and female chromosomes contain several thousands of genes –
called deoxyribonucleic acid which is the code of heredity. Maturation is the
unfolding of the inherent traits.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT