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WorksheetsJC Science IVF Ted Ed
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 15mins
What proportion of heterosexual couples have difficulty conceiving?
1/5
1/8
1/10
1/25
The ______ is the largest cell in the body.
Hepatocyte (liver cell)
Cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell)
Sperm
Egg
The _____ is responsible for producing progesterone, the hormone that maintains a pregnancy.
Corpus luteum
Testicle
Embryo
Brain
When the male partner has poor sperm quality, _____ is used to assist in fertilization of the egg.
Cracking of the egg
Breaking of the sperm
Injecting sperm into the egg with a needle
Injecting the egg into a sperm with a needle
For women younger than 35 years old, IVF success rates have been reported to be:
Less than 5%
Approximately 25%
Approximately 40%
Approximately 80%
Why does the female body only release one-egg (on average) each month while a man can produce millions of sperm multiple times a month?
Aside from couples with infertility, who else could benefit from in vitro fertilization?
How can one baby be the product of multiple parents? (Hint: think about where eggs can come from, sperm, having someone else carry a pregnancy, adoption, etc. Extra credit for those who consider mitochondrial DNA)
Although many patients want twins, a common phenomenon with in vitro fertilization, why has there been a push to try to reduce the number of twins born from IVF?
