FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OVARIES Female gonads produce oocytes
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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
OVARIES • Female gonads – produce oocytes and hormones (estrogen and progesterone)
UTERINE TUE/FALLOPIAN TUBE • Connects ovaries to uterus • Infundibulum – open end is funnel shaped, not connected to ovary • Fimbriae - many fingerlike projections, draws ovum into uterine tube
• Cilia lining tube allows peristaltic movements also propel ovum toward uterus
UTERUS • Functions in menstruation, implantation of zygote, development of fetus, and labor
• Fundus – portion connected to uteine tube • Body – main portion
• Cervix – opening into uterus −Secretory cells produce about 20 – 60 ml of mucus / day
• mucus provides for energy needs of sperm, protects sperm from environment of vagina
• Perimetrium – outer layer, part of visceral peritoneum • Myometrium – thick middle uterus – three layers of muscle that contract under influence of oxytocin during labor
• Endometrium – inner lining, highly vascular mucosa shed during menstruation
VAGINA • Passageway for sperm and menstrual flow • Receptacle for penis during intercourse
VULVA • External genitals of female • Mons pubis – pad of adipose tissue which cushions pubic symphysis
• Labia majora – outer folds of skin analogous to the scrotum • Labia minora – inner folds of skin
CLITORIS • Homologous to penis, also composed of two corpora cavernosa and a glans
VESTIBULE • Opening to urethra • paraurethral glands secrete mucus and are homologous to prostate
• vestibular (Bartholin’s) glands - produce mucus during arousal – homologous to bulbourethral glands
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- Oocytes
- Ovarian ligament
- Drawing of the male and female reproductive system
- Fetus reproductive system
- Ovary structures
- Female reproductive system pregnancy
- Male fallopian tube
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- Allantoic stalk fetal pig
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