Reproductive System Flashcards
(32 cards)
Fatty pad
Mons pubis
A rounded mound of fatty tissue, covers the public bone
Mons pubis
During puberty it becomes covered with hair
Mons pubis
Sexual attraction
Pheromones
External skin folds
Labia majora
Comparable to the scrotum in males
Labia majora
Internal skin folds
Labia minora
Inner protective layer of the female genitalia
Labia minora
Secrete a thick fluid, supplies lubrication for intercourse
Bartholin’s gland
Small protrusion that corresponds to the penis in male
Clitoris
Separates external environment from internal environment
Vagina
Nourish the developing fetus prior to birth
Uterus
Internal layer thickens when a woman becomes pregnant, its thin if not pregnant
Endometrium
Thick external muscular layer
Myometrium
Transmit the ovum to the uterus
Fallopian tubes
Serve as pathways for the ova
Fallopian tubes
Contains the egg, and ovulates it
Ovaries
Process which mature egg released from the ovary to be fertilized
Ovulation
*parts of mammary glands
Nipple
Areola
Lobules
Ducts
Fatty tissue
Contains thousands of large spaces that fill within blood when sexually aroused
Body or shaft
Covered with a loose layer of skin called foreskin
Glans(head of the penis)
Man reaches Sexual climax
Orgasm
Sac that houses the testes
Scrotum
