Insemination is defined as what?

Insemination is defined as what?

• A. Release of an egg from the ovary
• B. Expulsion of seminal fluid in the vagina, moving through the cervix, cervical canal, uterus, and uterine tubes
• C. Sperm fertilizing the egg
• D. Implantation of embryo into uterus

Answer: (B)

Insemination means introducing semen into the female reproductive tract so that sperm can reach an egg. The process described—semen being expelled into the vagina and moving through the cervix, cervical canal, uterus, and uterine tubes—fits insemination because it is about delivering sperm to where fertilization can occur. The other events are different: ovulation is the egg’s release from the ovary, fertilization is sperm actually uniting with an egg, and implantation is the embryo attaching to the uterine lining.

Insemination means introducing semen into the female reproductive tract so that sperm can reach an egg. The process described—semen being expelled into the vagina and moving through the cervix, cervical canal, uterus, and uterine tubes—fits insemination because it is about delivering sperm to where fertilization can occur. The other events are different: ovulation is the egg’s release from the ovary, fertilization is sperm actually uniting with an egg, and implantation is the embryo attaching to the uterine lining.