Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
A large number of married couples the world over are childless. It is shocking to know that in India the female partner is often blamed for the couple being childless.
(a) Why in your opinion the female partner is often blamed for such situations in India? Mention any two values that you as a biology student can promote to check this social evil.
(b) State any two reasons responsible for the cause of infertility.
(c) Suggest a technique that can help the couple to have a child where the problem is with male partner
Solution
(a) Females are often blamed for the couple being unable to reproduce because there is lack of awareness about the issue. As a biology student, I would promote the following two values among people:
(i) Either of the partners could be responsible for the couple being childless.
(ii) We must not blame females for infertility without proper diagnosis.
(b) Two reasons for infertility could be congenital disease and drugs.
(c) There are various techniques which can help in the condition when the male partner is infertile. One such technique is artificial insemination. In this technique, the semen collected from the husband or a donor is introduced into the vagina or uterus. This cures infertility arising from the inability of the male partner to ejaculate or due to his low sperm count.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
An infertile couple is advised to adopt test-tube baby programme. Describe two principle procedures adopted for such technologies.
State True/False with explanation.
Infertility is defined as the inability to produce a viable offspring and is always due to abnormalities/defects in the female partner.
Correct the following statement:
In E. T. techniques, embryos are always transferred into the uterus.
Fill in the blank:
Gonorrhoea is caused by _______ bacteria.
A childless couple can be assisted to have a child through a technique called GIFT. The full form of this technique is ______.
In vitro fertilisation is a technique that involves transfer of which one of the following into the fallopian tube?
In ET technique embryo is transferred into ______.
ZIFT is transfer of ______.
Males in whom testes fail to descend to the scrotum are generally infertile. Why?
Read the given below statements carefully and state whether the following are true (T) or false (F).
- I - MOET is one of the methods of IVF.
- II - ICSI is a method useful only for males who are unable to inseminate.
- III - MTP is considered safe during the first 1 week of pregnancy.
- IV - LNG-20, multi-load 375 are hormone-releasing IUDs.
- V - Steroids inhibit ovulation and implantation.
Choose the correct option regarding the above-given statements.
