Female Reproductive System

Question 1

Components of the female reproductive system

Answer 1

• Ovary
• Uterine tubes
• Uterus
• Cervix and vagina

Question 2

Ovary: what occurs?

Answer 2

Centre of cyclicity

Produce oocytes and sex steroids

Question 3

Uterine tubes: what occurs?

Answer 3

Site of fertilisation

Gamete transport

Question 4

Uterus: what occurs?

Answer 4

Embryo and foetal growth

Placentation

Question 5

Cervix & vagina: what occurs?

Answer 5

Expulsion of infant

Capacitation of sperm

Question 6

What lines the uterus?

Answer 6

Endometrium - sensitive to hormones

Question 7

How many ovaries are usually active each month?

Answer 7

One each month

Question 8

How long is the menstrual cycle?

Answer 8

25-35 days

Question 9

What are the two parts of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 9

• Pre-ovulatory

- Post-ovulatory

Question 10

What is the ovarian follicle?

Answer 10

A cellular sac in which oocyte matures in response to FSH and LH

Question 11

What doe the oocytes that aren’t fertilised undergo?

Answer 11

Atresia

Question 12

What is polycystic ovarian disease?

Answer 12

When many small follicles develop instead of one dominant one - use ultrasound to observe development

Question 13

Stages of follicles

Answer 13

1. Primary follicle
2. Secondary follicle
3. Graafian follicle
4. Corpus luteum
   if fertilisation doesn’t occur
5. Corpus albicans

Question 14

What does the secondary follicle release?

Answer 14

Oestrogen

Question 15

What does the corpus luteum release?

Answer 15

Progesteron

Question 16

What happens if fertilisation occurs?

Answer 16

A corpus luteum of pregnancy develops to maintain the endometrium

Question 17

What does the placenta produce, why?

Answer 17

hCG to take over the role of hormonally supporting placenta