Female Reproduction system

Question 1

Responsibilities for the female reproductive system

Answer 1

1. producing eggs through Oogenesis
2. facilitating fertilization by transporting eggs to site where sperm can meet them
3. supporting oregnancy
   4.giving birth

Question 2

Ovaries

Answer 2

Hold and release eggs(ovum) and secrete estrogen and progesterone

Question 3

Fallopian tubes(oviduct)

Answer 3

Carry the egg towards the uterus; site of fertilization

Question 4

Uterus

Answer 4

Provide nurturing enviroment for embryo development

Question 5

Vagina

Answer 5

the birth canal and site of sperm entry

Question 6

Cervix

Answer 6

narrow opening between uterus & vagina; dialates during childbirth

Question 7

What is the uterus composed of

Answer 7

two major tissue, myometrium, and endometrium

Question 8

endometrium

Answer 8

inner lining that provides nourishment fir the developing embryo

Question 9

myometrium

Answer 9

muscular outer layer that provides support for the developing embryo and pushes baby out birth canal

Question 10

Oogenesis

Answer 10

process of female gametes production

Question 11

Ovulation

Answer 11

Ovulation is the process where a mature egg (ovum) is released from a follicle in the ovary into the fallopian tube(oviduct)

Question 12

Follicle

Answer 12

specialized cell structure within the ovaries that contain and ovum(egg) that will be released

Question 13

menopause

Answer 13

end of fertility

Question 14

Implantation

Answer 14

the process were a fertilized egge(zygote) attaches to the uterine lining(endometrium) to begin pregnancy

Question 15

Progesterone

Answer 15

female sex hormone produced first by the corpus luteum of the ovary to prepare the uterus for the fertilized egg and later by the placenta to maintain pregnancy

Question 16

Corpus luteum

Answer 16

gland like structure that developes from a follicle that has matured and released its egg; it produces progesterone