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The female reproductive system must produce and maintain...
✓ -:- eggs & estrogen as well as maintain the development of a fetus after fertilization
of an egg occurs
What are the female internal reproductive organs?
✓ -:- Ovaries, oviducts (fallopian tubes), uterus, vaginal canal
What are the female external reproductive organs?
✓ -:- Vulva
What is the main reproductive organ in females?
✓ -:- ovaries
What holds the immature eggs inside of the ovaries?
✓ -:- ovarian follicles
What is ovulation?
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✓ -:- release of a mature egg, occurs approx every 28 days
Describe the ovarian cycle?
✓ -:- an egg is released from the ovarian follicle, which becomes the corpus luteum
after ovulation
What is the function of the corpus lutem?
✓ -:- helps maintain pregnancy if an egg is fertilized
-will disintegrate if not fertilized
Describe the infundibulum
✓ -:- -section of the oviduct
-fimbriae are finger-like projections on ovary end (doesn't touch ovary)
-captures egg from ovary by fimbriae and cilia lining
Describe the Ampulla
✓ -:- -section of the oviduct
-egg is most often fertilized here
-nourishes zygote (fertilized egg) during early cell division from mucosa layer
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Describe isthmus
✓ -:- -section of the oviduct
-muscular contractions and cilia move the egg through the isthmus to the uterus
-opens to the uterus
-delivers fertilized embryo for implantation in the uterus
-delivers unfertilized egg into uterus for removal through menstration
What are the 3 layers of the oviducts?
✓ -:- outer serous coat, middle muscular coat, and inner mucosa coat
Uterus
✓ -:- -Hallow, thick-walled muscular organ
-btwn bladder and rectum
-forward-tilted position
what connects the uterine tubes to the vaginal canal?
✓ -:- Uterus
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