ch 7/8 female organs and glands

Question 1

ovaries

Answer 1

almond shaped organs located in the pelvic cavity; form and store egg cells (ova) and produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

Ovulation is the release of an egg from the ovaries, which can travel through the fallopian tubes to the uterus.

Question 2

graafian follicles

Answer 2

100,00 microscopic sacs that make up a large portion of the ovaries. Each follicle contains an immature ovum. Normally one graafian follicle develops to maturity monthly between puberty and menopause. it moves to the surface of the ovary and releases the ovum which passes into the fallopian tube.

Question 2

ovum

Answer 2

female egg cell

Question 3

fallopian tubes

Answer 3

pair of tubes attached to the uterus that provide a passageway from the ovum to move from the ovary to the uterus (also called uterine tubes)

Question 4

fimbria

Answer 4

finger-like projection at the free end of the fallopian tube

Question 5

uterus

Answer 5

pear-sized and shaped muscular organ that lies in the pelbic cavity, ecept during pregnancy when it enlarges and extends up into the abdominal cavity. its functions are menstruation, pregnancy, and labor

Question 6

endometrium

Answer 6

inner lining of the uterus

Question 7

myometrium

Answer 7

muscular middle layer of the uterus

Question 8

perimetrium

Answer 8

outer protective layer of the uterus that secretes water serous fluid to reduce friction (also called uterine serosa)

Question 9

corpus

Answer 9

large central portion of the uterus (also calle the uterine body)

Question 10

fundus

Answer 10

rounded upper portion of the uterus

Question 11

cervix (Cx)

Answer 11

narrow lower portion of the uterus

Question 12

Vagine

Answer 12

passageway between uterus and the outside of the body

Question 13

hymen

Answer 13

fold of membrane found near the opening of the vagina

Question 14

vulva

Answer 14

external genitals of the female, including the mons pubis, labia, majora, labia minora, clitoris, urinary meatus, and vaginal openingp

Question 15

perineum

Answer 15

pelvic floor in both the male and female. in females it refers to the area between the vaginal opening in the anus

Question 16

Bartholin glands

Answer 16

pair of mucus producing glands located on each side of the vagina, just above the vaginal opening (also called the greater vestibular glands)

Question 17

breasts

Answer 17

milk producing glands. each breast consists of 15 to 20 divisions or lobules (also called mammary glands)

Question 18

mammary papilla

Answer 18

breast nipple

Question 19

areola

Answer 19

pigmented area around the breast nipple