Reproductive System Flashcards
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purposes of female reproductive system
produces and delivers games and provides nutrition and safe harbor for fetal development gives birth and nourishes infant
where is external genitalia located
perineum
what is in perineum
clitoris, labia minora, labia majora
what are the part of the vulva and pudendum
clitoris, vestibular bulbs and greater and lesser vestibular and paraurethral glands
clitoris
erectile sensory organ (blood supply)
vestibular bulbs
erectile tissue deep to labia majora
greater and lesser vestibular and paraurethral glands
open into vestibular for lubrication
mons pons
fat over pubic symphysis with most of pubic hair
labia majora
thick folds and adipose tissue inferior to the mons has hair
pudendal cleft
fissure between labia majora
labia minora
hairless folds medial of labia majora
labia minora forms
vestibular=urethral and vaginal openings
ova
egg cells
what produces egg cell and sex hormones
ovaries
where do the germ cells develop
outer cortex of ovaries
each egg develops in its
own fluid filled follicle
ovaries are attached to uterus by
ovarian ligament
ovaries are attached to pelvic wall
suspensory ligament
another name for uterine tube
Fallopian tube
ovaries are anchored to broad ligament by
mesovarian
where do ovarian veins lymphatics and nerves travel through
suspensory ligament
fallopian tubes go from
ovary to uterus
infundibulum
flared trumpet shaped distal ovarian end
fimbriae
feathery projections on infundibulum