Lp 74 Flashcards
Internal genitalia components
-paired ovaries
-uterine (Fallopian tubes)
-uterus
-vagina
-production & release of gametes
-production of male sex hormones
Paired ovaries
-passage for egg from ovary to the uterus
-site of fertilization
Uterine (fallopian) tubes
Site of embryo implantation & fetus develop
Uterus
-birth canal
-carries menstrual flow out of body
-female organ of copulation
Vagina
External genitalia (aka vulva/pudendum) components
-labia major & minor
-clitoris
-greater vestibular glands
Protect the entrance to vagina
Labia major & minor
Innervation; sexual stimulation
Clitoris
Maintain lubrication (facilitate copulation) homologous to male bulbourethral gland)
Greater vestibular glands
-part of integumentary system (modified sweat glands)
-present in males and females (functional in females)
-production and secretion of milk
Breasts (mammary glands)
-produce gametes & hormones that regulate female cycles
-endocrine glands
-on both sides of uterus (held in place by ligaments)
-1* sex organ
Ovaries
Ovaries have inner medulla & outer cortex?
Medulla: large blood vessels & nn
Cortex: contains sac-like ovarian follicles site of ovum maturation
Female duct system consist of
-fallopian/ uterine tubes
-the uterus
-the vagina
Finger like projections that open to peritoneal cavity, pick up ovum and direct it into the Fallopian tube ( are not in direct contact with the ovaries)
Ciliated fimbriae
-tube walls have smooth m & folded ciliated mucosa
-tubes are sites of fertilization/ passage way of fertilized egg (zygote) to uterus
-beating of cilia & m contraction propel non-motile egg toward uterus
-end that opens to peritoneal cavity has ciliated fimbriae (direct egg into mouth of tubes)
Fallopian tubes