Reproductive Health Test - 10

In vitro fertilisation technique involves fertilisation outside the body in culture media followed by embryo transfer in fallopian tube or uterus.

In surgical method fallopian tubes of female and vas deference of male is cut and tide to prevents insemination and ovulation.

Total fertility rate is the average number of children which an average couple has or would have during their life time. It is different form reproductive potential of a healthy female.

Some couples are not able to reproduce normally due to malfunctioning of reproductive system. Assisted reproductive technologies can assist them in different way depending upon the need of couple such as IVF, GIFT, ICSI,IUI etc.

High increase in human population is due to availability of better medical facilities to increase IMR and decrease MMR.

The inability to conceive even after two years of unprotected sexual co-habitation is called infertility. This may be due to not functioning of male or female reproductive system properly.

Amniocentesis is a method to known the chromosome type of the foetus. It is used to detect the genetic disorder of foetus by analyzing chromosome. It is misused to known the sex of foetus.

The transfer of embryo at 8-celled stage in the fallopian tube of female is called ZIFT (zygote intra fallopian transfer). During test tube baby programme egg fertilized in vitro is transferred to fallopian tube for further growth and development.

Exponential growth is maximum in tissue culture because each cell divides continuously to form callus of cells. Sufficient amount of nutrient is also available in culture media.

Male sterility is mainly due to less number of sperm count or sperms motility is very less to fertile the ovum. The first case is called oligospermia and second case is called azoospermia. Tubal infertility is present in female.