Female Reproductive System Flashcards
What are these structures?
ovaries
What is egg development called?
Oogenesis
What is the name of the region the ovaries sit in?
Ovarian fossa
What are the immature stem cells of female reproduction called?
Oogonium
Go through the premature egg cycle:
- Oogonium
- primary folicle
- secondary follicle
- Graafian follicle
- Ovulation
What is this structure?
Primary follicle
What is this structure?
Graafian follicle
What is this structure?
Secondary follicle
What is this structure?
Corpus luteum
What is this region?
Infundibulum
What are the wide finger-like projections?
Fimbriae
What is this region?
isthmus
What is the tube that connects the uterus and ovaries called?
Fallopian tube
What is the large pear-shaped organ?
Uterus
What is this region of the uterus?
Fundus
What is this region of the uterus?
Body
What is this?
Cervix
What is this?
Cervical canal
Internal lining of the uterus
Endometrium
Junction where cervical canal and body of uterus meet:
Internal os
Where cervical canal opens to vagina:
External os
Muscle wall of uterus:
Myometrium
Thick skin folds
Labia majora
Thin skin folds:
Labia minora
What is this?
Clitoris
What is this?
Vestibule of vagina
Glands that produce mucous:
Greater vestibular glands
Elevation of fat, anterior to pubic symphysis:
Mons Pubis
