Female Reproductive System Flashcards
What is the female reproductive system?
The female reproductive system is made up of the internal and external sex organs that function in the reproduction of new offspring
ovary (plural = ovaries)…
There are two ovaries.
They produce the ova or egg cells and some female sex hormones
ovum (plural = ova)…
Egg cell – the female sex cell
oviduct (fallopian tube)…
tubes which carry egg cells from the ovaries to the uterus
contain tiny hairs called cilia, which move the egg down the oviduct
where fertilisation takes place
uterus (womb)…
muscular bag with a soft lining. This is where a baby develops
uterus wall…
contains muscles that can contract to push the baby out of the uterus when it is born
cervix
ring of muscles between the uterus and the vagina.
The cervix keeps the baby inside the uterus while a woman is pregnant
vagina…
The passage that leads from the cervix to the outside of the woman’s body. Where a baby is born and is pushed out from.
The opening of the vagina (between the woman’s legs) is called the vulva and is protected by folds of skin called the labia.
The woman’s urethra (which carries urine from the bladder out of the body) also opens into the vulva but is completely separate from the vagina (unlike in men where the urethra is used to carry sperm and urine)
urethra…
carries urine from the bladder out of the body
