Reproductive Systems Flashcards
What are the three main functions of the vagina?
Provides a passageway for the foetus to be expelled from the uterus, receives the penis during coitus, allows discharge of menstrual flow.
What is the internal labia called?
Labia minora
What are the three layers of the uterus?
Permetrium, myometrium, endometrium.
What are the two functions of the Fallopian tubes?
To transport the ovum from the ovary to the uterus by means of peristaltic action (peristalsis) with the aid of ciliated cells in the lining.
Fertilisation takes place in the distal third of the uterine tube.
The _______ is a hollow pear shaped muscular organ and it consists of fundus, body and cervix.
Uterus.
The __________ extends from the bulbs to where it opens to and from the _______ opening.
Vagina and vaginal opening.
The ______ _______ arise from the uterus and fan out to a trumpet like shape (funbriae)
Uterine tubes.
The _________ are two almond shaped organs one on either side of the uterus.
Ovaries.
What are two main functions of the ovaries?
To produce ova and hormone production (begins at puberty)
-oestrogen and progesterone.
What conveys urine and seminal fluid to outside the body?
Penis.
What is coitus?
Bow chicka wow wow.
Sexual intercourse.
What do testes produce?
Spermatozoa and secrete male sex hormones.
What is the epididymis and what does it store?
A greatly coiled tube and Is storage and maturation of spermatozoa.
And it conveys spermatozoa to the vas deferens. (Spermatozoa becomes mobiles) (uh oh trouble)
What encloses and protects the testes
Scrotum.
Name a few signs and symptoms a female might have if she had reproductive disorders
Vaginal bleeding, amenorrhea(not having period)menorrhagia(heaving bleeding), pain, vaginal discharge, prutitus,(itchy) breast changes, urinary problems.
