1. The female reproductive system must produce and maintain...
Answer: eggs & estro-gen as well as maintain the development of a fetus after fertilization of an
egg occurs
2. What are the female internal reproductive organs?
Answer: Ovaries, oviducts (fallopian tubes), uterus, vaginal canal
3. What are the female external reproductive organs?
Answer: Vulva
4. What is the main reproductive organ in females?
Answer: ovaries
5. What holds the immature eggs inside of the ovaries?
Answer: ovarian follicles
6. What is ovulation?
Answer: release of a mature egg, occurs approx every 28 days
7. Describe the ovarian cycle?
Answer: an egg is released from the ovarian follicle, whichbecomes the corpus luteum after
ovulation
8. What is the function of the corpus lutem?
Answer: helps maintain pregnancy if an eggis fertilized
-will disintegrate if not fertilized
9. Describe the infundibulum
Answer:
-section of the oviduct
-fimbriae are finger-like projections on ovary end (doesn't touch ovary)
-captures egg from ovary by fimbriae and cilia lining
10. Describe the Ampulla
Answer:
-section of the oviduct
-egg is most often fertilized here
-nourishes zygote (fertilized egg) during early cell division from mucosa layer
, 11. Describe isthmus
Answer:
-section of the oviduct
-muscular contractions and cilia move the egg through the isthmus to the uterus
-opens to the uterus
-delivers fertilized embryo for implantation in the uterus
-delivers unfertilized egg into uterus for removal through menstration
12. What are the 3 layers of the oviducts?
Answer: outer serous coat, middle muscularcoat, and inner mucosa coat
13. Uterus
Answer:
-Hallow, thick-walled muscular organ
-btwn bladder and rectum
-forward-tilted position
14. what connects the uterine tubes to the vaginal canal?
Answer: Uterus
15. Layers of the uterus
Answer:
-Puter serous perimetrium
-myometrium: muscular, expands
-endometrium: inner layer, embryo completes development here, this sheds monthly
16. What is the fundus?
Answer: -top region of uterus
17. During pregnancy, why is the fundus measured?
Answer: -height is measured fromtop of pubic bone to determine growth rates and
abnormalities
18. What is the body of the uterus?
Answer: -middle receives fertilized egg
19. What is the cervix?
Answer:
-posterior region of uterus
-connects uterus to the vaginal canal
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