Topic 2 Human Reproductive Anatomy: Female Reproductive System

Question 1

• Ova, or eggs, are produced here, and each female has two ovaries

Answer 1

Ovary

Question 2

• Allows for eggs to move from the ovary to the uterus, with one oviduct for each ovary (2). Fertilization occurs here!
• The ovary isn’t actually directly connected to its adjacent oviduct, so the egg is swept into the oviduct via finger-like fimbriae.

Answer 2

Oviduct (fallopian tube/uterine tube)

Question 3

• Muscular chamber where development of the embryo occurs until birth. A fertilized ovum implants (attaches) on the inside uterine wall, or endometrium, on day 6 after fertilization

Answer 3

Uterus

Question 4

• At birth, the fetus passes through the cervix, an opening in the uterus, and out of the body

Answer 4

Vagina