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BIO152 - Module 6 - Portage Learning Anatomyand physiology with questions and correct answers
Female reproductive system includes
-internal organs: ovaries, oviducts (fallopian tubes), uterus, and vagina
-external genitalia: vulva
functions of female reproductive system
-produce eggs and estrogen
-maintain the development of a fetus
ovaries
-main reproductive organ in females
-2 almond shaped glands
ovarian follicles
-inside each ovary
-each hold an immature egg
ovulation
-release of a mature egg
-happens every 28 days
-typically occurs on day 14
-triggered when the anterior pituitary releases LH as a response to high levels of estrogen
ovarian cycle
-egg is released from the ovarian follicle
-corpus luteum helps maintain pregnancy if egg is fertilized
corpus luteum
-ovarian follicle after ovulation
-helps maintain pregnancy if egg is fertilized
, female duct system includes
-oviducts
-uterine or fallopian tubes
-uterus
-vaginal canal
oviducts
-aka fallopian or uterine tubes
-extend from the ovaries to the uterus
-3 sections
-3 coats
-do not physically touch ovaries, instead have finger like projections
3 sections of oviducts
-infundibulum, ampulla, isthmus
3 coats of oviducts
-outer serous coat
-middle muscular duct
-inner mucosa coat
fimbriae
-finger like projections on oviducts
-located on the infundibulum end of the tube farthest from the uterus
-capture egg from ovary at the time of ovulation
ampulla
-region of the oviduct where egg is most often fertilized
-nourishes the fertilized egg during its early cell division
zygote
-fertilized egg
-when sperm gamete and egg gamete combine
-total of 46 chromosomes
isthmus
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