Female Reproductive System Lecture

<p>Vulva</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ovaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Secretion of female sex hormones</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transport secondary oocytes to the uterus and site of fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Uterus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Receive the penis during intercourse and is the passageway for childbirth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Synthesize, secrete, and eject milk for nourishment of newborn</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Produce oocytes and secrete hormones</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ovarian cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>~200,000 to 2 million</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forms corpus luteum which produces progesterone, relaxin, and inhibin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One large fertilized egg (zygote) and possibly three small polar bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ovary</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ovaries, uterine tubes (fallopian tubes or oviducts), uterus, vagina, and vulva</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Production of secondary oocytes and female sex hormones (progesterone, estrogen), inhibin, and relaxin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Release of a mature follicle (containing the secondary oocyte) from the ovary into the fallopian tube</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The sex glands include those in the breasts and are involved in lactation and milk production.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Puberty marks the onset of reproductive maturity, including the development of secondary sexual characteristics and the initiation of the menstrual cycle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transportation of the egg from the ovary to the uterus and the site of fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transport secondary oocytes to the uterus and site of fertilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Receives the penis during intercourse and is the passageway for childbirth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Synthesizes, secretes, and ejects milk for nourishment of newborn</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>200,000 to 2 million</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Produces progesterone, relaxin, and inhibin until it degenerates into a fibrous scar known as corpus albicans</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Formation of gametes in the ovaries, involving the development of primary and secondary oocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Germinal epithelium, tunica albuginea, ovarian cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Usually only one</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Oogonia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ovaries</p> Signup and view all the answers