Combined Science GCSE
Tubal ligation
What Tubal ligation means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Tubal ligation
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Reference: AQA
A surgical method of female sterilisation that cuts, ties or blocks the oviducts so that the egg cannot travel from the ovary to the uterus and sperm cannot reach it.
Topics that use Tubal ligation
- Contraception (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- evaluate
- Fertilisation
- Fertility awareness
- FSH
- Hormonal methods
- Non-hormonal methods
- Ovulation
- Spermicidal agents
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