Female Reproductive System

Question 1

The organs that produce gametes (sperm/egg) and hormones

1. Testis
2. Ovary

Answer 1

Gonads

Question 2

Secrete fluids into the ducts of the reproductive system

Answer 2

Accessory glands and organs

Question 3

Structures of the perineum

Answer 3

External genitalia

Question 4

Produces oocytes and hormones

Answer 4

Ovary (Gonads)

Question 5

Produces milk

Answer 5

Mammary gland

Question 6

Delivers an oocyte or embryo to the uterus; normal sites of fertilization

Answer 6

Uterine tube

Question 7

Site of fetal development

Answer 7

Uterus

Question 8

The site of sperm deposition, the birth canal during delivery and is a passageway for fluids during menstruation

Answer 8

Vagina

Question 9

Lubricate the entrance to the vagina and the external genitalia

Answer 9

Accessory glands

Question 10

Contains erectile tissue and produces pleasurable sensations during sexual activity

Answer 10

Clitoris

Question 11

Contains glands that lubricate the entrance to the vagina

Answer 11

Labia

Question 12

Extends from the lateral surface of the ovary to the pelvic wall. The major blood vessels of the ovary are carried in this ligament

Answer 12

Suspensory ligament

Question 13

Extends form the uterus to the medial surface of the ovary

Answer 13

Ovarian ligament

Question 14

Extends between the uterine tube and the ovary, stabilizing the position of the ovary

Answer 14

Mesovarium

Question 15

A mesentery that encloses the ovaries, uterine tubes and uterus attaching to the sides and floor of the pelvic cavity

Answer 15

Broad ligament

Question 16

Outer serosa surface f the uterus; continuous with the peritoneal lining of the pelvic cavity

Answer 16

Perimetrium

Question 17

Smooth muscle

Answer 17

Myometrium

Question 18

Inner glandular lining; tissue composition changes during the course of the monthly uterine cycle

Answer 18

Endometrium

Question 19

The functional zone of the endometrium degenerates and is she

Answer 19

Menses

Question 20

Reorganization of the uterine glands

Answer 20

Proliferative phase

Question 21

Glands enlarge and arteries supplying the uterine wall elongate and spiral

Answer 21

Secretory phase

Question 22

Releases gonadotropin-releasing hormone to the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland

Answer 22

Hypothalamus

Question 23

Releases follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), which effects the ovary by: follicle development and production of estrogen.
Also releases luteinizing hormone (LH) which effects the ovary by: causing ovulation, and the production of progesterone

Answer 23

Anterior pituitary

Question 24

Releases estrogens and progesterone

Answer 24

Ovary

Question 25

Elastic, muscular tube extending between the cervix and the vestibule

Answer 25

Vagina

Question 26

1. Serves as a passage way for elimination of menstrual fluids 2. Receives the male penis during sexual intercourse and holds sperm prior to passage into the uterus 3. Forms the inferior portion of the birth canal through which the fetus passes during delivery

Answer 26

Functions of the vagina

Question 27

Erectile tissue similar to corpus spngiosum in the male

Answer 27

Vestibular bulb

Question 28

Secretes mucus similar to the bulbourethral glands in the male

Answer 28

Vestibular gland

Question 29

Proved nourishment to infants over the initial period of adjustment to life outside of the womb

Answer 29

Maternal mammary glands

Question 30

Under the control of circulating hormones produced by the reproductive system

Answer 30

Lactation