Female: Organs

Question 0

Ovum

Answer 0

Female egg cell

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Pair of almond-shaped organs located in the pelvic cavity. Egg cells are formed and stored inside.

Question 2

Graafian follicles

Answer 2

100,000 microscopic sacs that make up a large portion of the ovaries.
Each follicle contains an immature ovum.
Normally one follicle develops to maturity monthly between puberty and menopause.
It moves to the surface of the ovary and releases the ovum, which passes into the uterine tube.

Question 3

uterine,

Fallopian tubes

Answer 3

pair of 5-inch tubes
attached to the uterus
provide a passageway for the ovum to move from the ovary to the uterus.

Question 4

fimbria

Answer 4

finger-like projection at the free end of the uterine tube.

Question 5

uterus

Answer 5

pear-sized and pear-shaped muscular organ that lies in the pelvic cavity, except during pregnancy when it enlarges and extends up into the abdominal cavity. Its functions are menstruation, pregnancy and labor.

Question 6

endometrium

Answer 6

inner lining of the uterus

Question 7

myometrium

Answer 7

muscular middle layer of the uterus

Question 8

perimetrium

Answer 8

outer thin layer that covers the surface of the uterus.

Question 9

corpus,

body

Answer 9

large central portion of the uterus

Question 10

fundus

Answer 10

rounded upper portion of the uterus

Question 11

cervix

Answer 11

(Cx)

narrow lower portion of the uterus

Question 12

vagina

Answer 12

a 3-inch tube that connects the uterus to the outside of the body

Question 13

hymen

Answer 13

fold of membrane found near the opening of the vagina

Question 14

rectouterine pouch

Answer 14

(Douglas cul-de-sac)

pouch between the posterior wall of the uterus and the anterior wall of the rectum