Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What cavity contains the female reproductive system?

Answer 1

Pelvic cavity

Question 2

• Pairs of organs produce ova (eggs) & female hormones
• Normally a single egg is released each month by one of the ______

Answer 2

Ovaries

Question 3

• After the release from the ovary, the egg is swept into the ______ and transported to the uterus
• Fertilization also usually takes place here

Answer 3

Oviducts or Fallopian tubes

Question 4

• A hollow muscular organ
• The fertilized embeds in the highly vascular uterine wall and forms placenta
• Nutrients and oxygen from the mother’s blood cross the placental membrane into the blood of the embryo
• Embryonic wastes are transferred to the mother in the same way

Answer 4

Uterus

Question 5

• The membranous passage from the uterus to the outside
• Sperm are introduced here, menstruation and newborn infants pass out

Answer 5

Vagina