Female Reproductive system

Question 1

Female sexual cycle
-begins where, ends where

Answer 1

begins at menarche, ends at menopause

Question 2

Ovaries
-what are they and where are they found
-when do they form
-what matures here
-what hormones are produced here

Answer 2

-olive shaped structures near kidneys,
-during fetal development
-egg cells/ova
-estrogen and progesterone

Question 3

Fallopian tube
-pathway for what
-what are they wide open ends called
-what happens to the ovum, with the aid of what
-what happens if the ovum isnt fertalized in the tube
-what do the tubes join

Answer 3

-movement of an ovum to the uterus
-fimbria
-brushed along the Fallopian tube with aid of cilia
-deteriorate in 48 hours
-the uterus

Question 4

Uterus
-what happens here
-what 2 tissues is it made up of and what do they do

Answer 4

-embryo development
1. myometrium: muscular outer layer, sypport for embryo, contractions
2. Endometrium: inner living for nourishment of the embryo (if no pregnancy, this layer is shed)

Question 5

Cervix
-what is it
-what does it hold
-what happens during birth to this and why

Answer 5

-seperates the vagina from the uterus
-the fetus in place
-it dialates so the baby can enter the vagina

Question 6

Vagina, also known as what?
-what does it connect
-what occurs here
-acidic or basic, and why

Answer 6

-birth cancal
-the outer nevrionment to the uterus
-intercourse
-acidic to create a bad envrionment for bacteria/microbes to enter