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1
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Female sex cells

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Ova

2
Q

What hormones are produced in the ovaries?

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Estrogen and progesterone

3
Q

Accessory organs of female reproductive system

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Ducts: uterine tubes, uterus, vagina
Accessory glands: bartholin’s glands and breasts
External genitals: vulva

4
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Basic unit of female reproductive system

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Ovarian follicle

5
Q

How many ovarian follicles does a newborn girl have

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About 1 million

6
Q

Most immature stage of a female sex cell

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Oocyte

7
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Ovarian follicles contain what at birth?

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Oocytes

8
Q

An Oocyte develops into a what around the time that a female reaches puberty?

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Primary follicle

9
Q

About how many primary follicles does a girl have at puberty

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400000

10
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Each primary follicle is surrounded by

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Granulosa cells

11
Q

About how many primary follicles develop into mature follicles in an adult woman

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350-500

12
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A primary follicle eventually develops into its latets stage, a

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Mature follicle

13
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A mature follicle is sometimes called

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A graffian follicle

14
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A hollow chamber that appears as the Oocyte matures and the granulosa cell layer thickens

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Antrum

15
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The development of the Antrim results in the formation of

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A secondary follicle

16
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After ovulation, the ruptured follicle is transformed into a glandular structure called the

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Corpus luteum

17
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Corpus luteum is from the Latin word meaning

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Yellow body

18
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The production of female sex cells is called

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Oogenesis

19
Q

After meiosis occurs, four sex cells are made. One is called what? The other three are called what?

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Ovum and polar bodies

20
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The granulosa cells surrounding the Oocyte secrete what?

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Estrogen

21
Q

The corpus luteum secretes

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Primarily progesterone, but some estrogen

22
Q

Sex hormone that causes the development and maintenance of the female secondary sex characteristics

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Estrogen

23
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Functions of estrogen

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1 development and maturation of female sex organs
2 appearance of pubic hair and breast development
3 development of female boy contours
4 initiation of the first female

24
Q

Fallopian tubes are also called

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Uterine tubes and oviducts

25
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The Fallopian tubes begin with extended, funnel-shaped and fringe like projection called

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Fimbrae

26
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The mucosal lining the the Fallopian tubes is consistent with

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The lining of the abdominal cavity, uterus, and vagina

27
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Two parts of the uterus

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Body and cervix

28
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Muscle of the uterus

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Myometium

29
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Part of the uterus above where the Fallopian tubes attach

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Funds

30
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The uterus functions in three processes

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Menstruation, pregnancy, and labor

31
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Mucous membrane lining of the uterus

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Endometrium

32
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About how many days after ovulation a does the corpus luteum stop secreting hormones?

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11

33
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What happens about 3 days after the secretion of hormones from the corpus luteum stops?

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Menstruation

34
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When menstruation ceases

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Menopause

35
Q

When an ovum implants anywhere but the uterus

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Ectopic pregnancy

36
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Long and made mostly of smooth muscle. Part of the female reproductive tract that opens to the exterior

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Vagina

37
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Bartholin’s glands are also called

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Greater vestibular gland

38
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Secretes mucous like fluid and open between the Lanka minors and vaginal ordice

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Bartholin’s glands

39
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Space between the labia minors and vaginal orifice

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Vestibule

40
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Each lobe of the breast contains

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Lobules

41
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Each lobule consists of

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Milk secreting glandular cells

42
Q

Milk secreting cells are arrange in grape like clusters called

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Alveoli

43
Q

Drain alveoli and converge toward nipples

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Lactiferous ducts

44
Q

Colors are around a nipple

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Areola

45
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Essential female sex organ

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Ovaries