Female Part Terms

Question 1

Labia

Answer 1

• Two sets of soft folds of skin inside the Vulva.

- Inner lips (labia minora), Outer lips (labia majora)

Question 2

Clitoris

Answer 2

Small mound of skin about the size of a pea.

Question 3

Urethra

Answer 3

A tube through which urine - liquid waste - leaves the body.

Question 4

Vagina

Answer 4

Passageway from the uterus to the outside of the female body.
(Place where penis fits, tampons fit, blood flows out 1x a month, baby comes out)

Question 5

Hymen

Answer 5

A thin piece of skin that covers part of the opening to the vagina.

Question 6

Anus

Answer 6

A small opening through which feces leaves the body

It leaves the female body in the same way that it leaves the male body

Question 7

Ovaries

Answer 7

• Contain a female’s sex cells (eggs or ova)

- 2 = one on each side of the uterus

Question 8

Puberty

Answer 8

The time when a body starts to grow and develop into a young body

Question 9

Fallopian Tubes

Answer 9

Passageways through which an egg travels on its way to the uterus.
(3in, width of a straw)

Question 10

Uterus

Answer 10

• Made of strong muscles and is hollow inside
• Place where a developing baby (fetus) grows
• Connects both Fallopian tubes to the inside end of the vagina

Question 11

Cervix

Answer 11

A small opening located in the lower part of the uterus connecting it to the top of the vagina. It stretches when a baby is born.

Question 12

Travels of the Egg

Answer 12

• Menstruation
• Ovaries produce estrogen, which tells eggs to mature then, about once a month, an egg leaves an ovary and pops into a Fallopian tube, there it waits to travel to uterus then, in the uterus, the egg and lining dissolve and leave.

Question 13

Vulva

Answer 13

Whole area of soft skin between a female’s legs