Female Reproduction (Body Systems)

What is gestation?

Pregnancy

What is sexual reproduction?

The fusion of two haploid sex cells to form a zygote

What does a zygote have?

A diploid number of 46 chromosomes as a result of sexual reproduction

What are a female's gametes?

Her sex cells

Ovum/Eggs

What are a female's gonads?

Her sex organs

Ovaries

What are a female's genitalia?

Labia Majora, Labia Minora, Vagina, Vulva

What is the Vagina? What does it open up to?

The birth canal

Opens posterior to Urethra

What kind of epithelium is the Vagina made up of?

Stratified Squamous because it can be exposed to the outside world

What is the Labia Majora?

The protection of the entire genital region

Thick, fatty regions of skin

What is the Labia Minora?

The border of the opening

The inner folds

What is the Endometrium? What is its purpose?

The inner lining of the Uterus

Supports developing fetus, where IMPLANTATION of a blastocyst occurs

What type of epithelium is in the Endometrium?

Simple Columnar

Supports developing fetus

What is the Ampulla? What is its purpose?

Part of the uterine tube where FERTILIZATION occurs

What are Fimbriae? What does it do?

Finger-like projections that have cilia

Sweeps oocyte into Uterine Tube

What are Ovaries?

Where oocytes (immature eggs) are created

What is the process called when an Oocyte is released?

Ovulation

How many days of Ovulation are there before Menses?

14

What is a Corpus Luteum?

Remnant of ruptured follicle

Secretes progesterone and estrogen