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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