13.5 The Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What are the components of the female external genitalia?

Answer 1

vagina
labia majora
labia minora
clitoris
urethral opening

Question 2

What are the components of the female internal genitalia?

Answer 2

uterus
cervix
endometrium
myometrium
uterine tubes
fimbriae
ovary

Question 3

What is the cervix?

Answer 3

part of the uterus that opens into the vagina

Question 4

What is the endometrium and what is it responsible for?

Answer 4

innermost lining of the uterus; nourishing a developing embryo

Question 5

What is the myometrium?

Answer 5

thick layer of smooth muscle that surrounds the endometrium and comprises the wall of the uterus

Question 6

What is the ovary?

Answer 6

female gonad

Question 7

What are the three stages of the female sexual act?

Answer 7

arousal
orgasm
resolution

Question 8

What are the two subdivisions of the arousal stage of the female sexual act?

Answer 8

erection
lubrication

Question 9

What are the erectile tissues of the female reproductive system?

Answer 9

clitoris and labia minora

Question 10

What provides lubrication for the female sexual act?

Answer 10

mucus is secreted by greater vestibular glands and vaginal epithelium

Question 11

What controls the arousal stage of the female sexual act

Answer 11

parasympathetic nervous system

Question 12

What is the orgasm stage of the female sexual act?

Answer 12

muscle contractions and widening of the cervix

Question 12

What controls the orgasm stage of the female sexual act?

Answer 12

sympathetic nervous system

Question 13

What controls the resolution stage of the female sexual act?

Answer 13

sympathetic nervous system