Questions:
1. This virus causes the commonest sexually transmitted an infection within the U.S. and is related to cervical cancer. Name it.
2. How a lot does the feminine human cervix dilate (in centimetres) throughout childbirth?
3. This group of mammals possesses a duplex uterus that includes two distinct cervices, permitting them to concurrently bear a number of offspring at numerous levels of improvement. Name the group.
4. The ______ serves as a shared opening for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts in birds and different species which might be devoid of a cervix. Additionally, in all human embryos, this opening exists till round 4 to 6 weeks, after which it divides into the urogenital sinus and the rectum. Name it.
5. What is the interval within the menstrual cycle known as when the cervix strikes increased and is delicate?
Visual:
Name the German virologist (proven above) who received a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for his discovery of the virus that brought on cervical cancer.
Answers:
1. Human papillomavirus
2. 10 cm
3. Marsupial
4. Cloaca
5. Ovulation
Visual: Harald zur Hausen
