133 After sexual intercourse, millions of sperm swim through the cervix at the base of the uterus (womb). They swim up towards the fallopian tubes (oviducts), and then along towards an ovum. The first sperm will bury its head end into the ovum, and the nucleus of the egg (ovum) will fuse with the nucleus of the sperm to make a single cell - the first cell of the new organism. The fertilised ovum starts to divide into a ball of cells as it moves down the fallopian tube (oviduct) towards the uterus (womb). When it gets to the uterus, it sinks into the wall of the uterus and develops a set of blood vessels which develop very close to the mother's blood vessels. This area of the uterus will be called the placenta. Drag the Tiles into position to put the segments of text into the correct order. Unscramble the text by putting the words below into the correct order in the box above. 17 "millions",4 "cervix",10 "uterus",16 "swim",19 "fallopian",23 "ovum.",31 "first",33 "head",38 "(ovum)",49 "sperm",57 "cell",62 "organism.",70 "cells",81 "(oviduct)",89 "blood",113 "mother's",121 "placenta.",133 Fill in the gaps by typing in the missing word, or by dragging the correct word from the list below. 0