Female Reproductive System

Question 1

Ovaries 2

Answer 1

Women are born wit approx 400 000 egg cells.
-only several hundred are released thru ovulation

Usually, only one follicle mature and release its egg cell during the menstrual cycle

The egg cell is expelled from the follicle in the process of ovulation

Question 2

Corpus Leteum

Answer 2

The remaining follicular tissue that grows within the ovary form a solid mass
-secretes hormones to maintain the lining of the uterus

Question 3

Fallopian tubes

Answer 3

Also called the oviduct

Cilia cells line the duct and helps to move the egg down the duct into the uterus

Question 4

Uterus

Answer 4

Is a thick muscular organ that can expand during pregnancy

Question 5

Endometrium

Answer 5

In the inner lining of the uterus

The endometrium is richly supplied with blood vessels

Question 6

Cervix and vagina

Answer 6

The neck of the uterus is called the cervix and opens into the vagina

The vagina is a thin walled chamber that forms the birth canal

Question 7

Cervical cancer

Answer 7

1 in 90 women in australia develops cerviccal cancer

Takes many years to detect

Usually detected from abnormal bleeding

Involves the destruction of normal tissue surrounding the cervix and can lead to death

Can be detected early with PAP smear tests

Can also be caused by HPV

Question 8

PAP smear test

Answer 8

Involves the scraping of cell from the surface of the cervix, which can be tested for abnormal cells

Question 9

Ovaries

Answer 9

Eggs develop here - ova(pl) - ovum sg)

Each ovary is enclosed in a tough protective capsule and contains many follicles

A follicle consists of one egg cell surrounded by one or more layers of follicle cells
-protect, nourish and develop the egg cell