Female Genitalia Function

Question 1

mons veneris (mons_

Answer 1

padding during coitus

Question 2

labia majora (outer lips)

Answer 2

erotically sensitive

Question 3

labia minora (inner lips)

Answer 3

• very erotically sensitive (more so than the labia majora)

- swell and darken due to vasocongestion

Question 4

clitoral hood (prepuce)

Answer 4

covers the clitoris

Question 5

clitoris

Answer 5

• erectile - two cavernous bodies and one spongy body (just like the penis)
• highly sensitive - continual, proper stimulation will produce orgasm in most women

Question 6

vaginal opening (introitus)

Answer 6

entrance to the vagina

Question 7

hymen

Answer 7

• no known function

- may have cultural significance

Question 8

PC (pubococcygeous) muscle

Answer 8

-contraction during sex stiffens vaginal walls
-contractions stronger at orgasm
+prevents urinary/fecal leakage
+lubrication

Question 9

vagina

Answer 9

-transport of sperm
-serves as birth canal
-physiological changes during arousal
+vasocongestion
+lubrication

Question 10

grafenberg spot (g-spot)

Answer 10

area of heightened sensitivity

Question 11

cervix

Answer 11

• separates the uterus from the vagina

- holds the fetus in the uterus until delivery

Question 12

uterus (womb_

Answer 12

carries the developing fetus until term

Question 13

oviducts

Answer 13

where fertilization takes place

Question 14

fimbria

Answer 14

catch the ovum from the ovary

Question 15

cilia

Answer 15

their movement propels the ovum from each ovary to the uterus

Question 16

ovaries

Answer 16

• release of a mature ova in a process called ovulation

- production and secretion of sex hormones

Question 17

follicle

Answer 17

• site of egg development

- ovum = mature female gamete prior to or just following fertilizatio

Question 18

breasts, nipples, areola

Answer 18

have both erotic and reproductive significance