SOC152A Female Anatomy

Question 1

Vulva

Answer 1

structure: Entire external genital area in a woman

location: External genital area in a woman

Question 2

Mons Veneris (Mons)

Answer 2

structure: Fatty tissue covered by skin and pubic hair, contains many nerve endings

location: Above the vulva

function: Padding during coitus

Question 3

Labia Majora (Outer Lips)

Answer 3

structure: Padded with fatty tissue, partially covered with hair

location: Extends from the mons downward on either side of the vulva

function: Erotically sensitive

Question 4

Labia Minora (Inner Lips)

Answer 4

structure: hairless, twin folds of skin

location: Lie between the labia majora

function: Very erotically sensitive (more so than the labia majora), Swell and darken due to vasocongestion

Question 5

Clitoral Hood (Prepuce)

Answer 5

structure: Hood that covers the clitoris

location: Located where the labia minora meet

function: Covers the clitoris

Question 6

Clitoris

Answer 6

structure: Made up of spongy tissue, Internal and external portions; glans: small, pearl sized knob = visible portion shaft: about 1 inch in length; runs
upwards from the glans under the
clitoral hood

location: Located where the labia minora meet, under the clitoral hood

function:
- Erectile –>two cavernous bodies and one spongy body (just like the penis)
- Highly sensitive–>continual, proper
stimulation will produce orgasm in most women

Question 7

Vaginal Opening (Introitus)

Answer 7

structure: entrance to the vagina

location: Located in between the labia minora and the rear of the vestibule

function: entrance to the vagina

Question 8

Hymen

Answer 8

structure: Incomplete or perforated membrane

location: Covers the vaginal opening

function: No known function, may have cultural significance

Question 9

Perineum

Answer 9

structure: Hairless strip of skin

location: Located between the vaginal opening and the anus

function: Erotically sensitive, cut during an episiotomy

Question 10

PC (Pubococcygeus) Muscle

Answer 10

structure: Underlies/supports pelvic organs

location: Underlies/supports pelvic organs

function: Contraction during sex stiffens vaginal walls, contractions stronger at orgasm, prevents urinary/fecal leakage, helps keep semen in the vagina

Question 11

Vagina

Answer 11

structure: Vaginal walls highly elastic
- Consists of 3 layers
- mucosa
- intermediate muscular
- fimbro-elastic

location: Outermost portion of the reproductive tract

function:
- Transport of sperm
- Serves as birth canal
- Physiological changes during arousal
- vasocongestion
- lubrication

Question 12

Grafenberg Spot (G-Spot)

Answer 12

structure: May be remnant of the prostate gland

location: Located on the front wall of the vagina
- Approximately 1-2 inches from the
vaginal entrance

function: Area of heightened sensitivity

Question 13

Cervix

Answer 13

structure: Separates the uterus from the vagina
- Holds the fetus in the uterus until
delivery
- The “Os”
- constricted opening of the cervix that connects the vagina to a short
canal opening into the uterus

location: Located at the back of the vagina
- Bottom/small end of the uterus

function:
- Separates the uterus from the vagina
- Holds the fetus in the uterus until
delivery

Question 14

Uterus (Womb)

Answer 14

structure:
- Small, hollow, upside-down pear-
shaped organ, 3 layers
- endometrium: inner lining; sheds during menstruation; where fertilized egg(s) implant
- myometrium: middle muscular wall;
composed primarily of smooth muscle;
contracts during birth
- perimetrium: outer tough, stretchable
tissue; separates uterus from pelvic cavity; protects fetus

location: Lies within the pelvic cavity

function: Carries the developing fetus until term

Question 15

Oviducts (Fallopian Tubes)

Answer 15

structure: About 4 inches long, about the diameter of a piece of spaghetti

location: Forms a pathway between the uterus and the left and right ovaries

function: Where fertilization takes place

Question 16

Fimbria

Answer 16

structure: Fingerlike projections of the oviducts

location: Located on the ovary side of each oviduct

function: Catch the ovum from the ovary

Question 17

Cilia

Answer 17

structure: Small hairlike structures

location: Located inside oviducts

function: Their movement propels the ovum from each ovary to the uterus

Question 18

Ovaries

Answer 18

structure: Egg-shaped (1-1 ½ inch) paired organs

location: Located on either side of the uterus

function: Release of a mature ova in a process called ovulation; production and secretion of sex hormones

Question 19

Follicle

Answer 19

structure: Site of egg development

location: Many located in each ovary

function: Site of egg development
- Ovum = mature female gamete prior to or just following fertilization

Question 20

Breasts, Nipples, Areola

Answer 20

structure: Alveolus–> microscopic cavities, where breast milk is produced

location: Mammary glands lie between the skin and the muscle of the chest wall, Areola = surrounds the nipple

function: Have both erotic and reproductive significance