Adv.BioM16L2

The ovaries contain follicles, which are sacs of cells that surround and then release the developing ovum. These follicles also produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

The main functions of the ovaries are to produce the female gamete, which is called the ovum, or egg cell and to produce the female hormones estrogen and progesterone.

When the egg is fertilized by the sperm, the resulting zygote (the newly-conceived child) implants into the endometrium layer of the uterus to develop.

endometrium myometrium perimetrium

The endometrium is a layer of vascular tissue. When the egg is fertilized by the sperm, the resulting zygote (the newly-conceived child) implants into this layer of the uterus to develop.

The myometrium is a layer of remarkable smooth muscle. The muscle is remarkable for its ability to grow and still maintain its thickness. During a full-term pregnancy, it grows to many times its normal weight and volume

The perimetrium is the thin outer layer of the uterus

False!! Believe it or not......... within six weeks after pregnancy, it reduces back to essentially its normal size and volume.

They are composed of smooth muscle and ciliated epithelium. These tissues move the ovum from the ovaries to the uterus. If fertilization occurs, it usually occurs in the uterine tubes. Thus, the uterine tubes are generally called the site of conception.

the vas deferens

Is a smooth muscular tube with connective tissue on the outside and stratified squamous epithelium on the inside. This inner tissue is similar to the mucous membrane of the mouth. The functions of the vagina are to allow for coitus and to provide a canal through which the baby travels in order to leave the mother. Thus, the vagina is often called the birth canal during the birthing process.

The opening between the vagina and the uterus is called the cervix.

True. It isn't. In the female, the urethra leads out of the body from the urinary bladder and opens into the anterior portion of the vestibule. The uterus, on the other hand, leads out of the body from the vagina and opens into the posterior portion of the vestibule.

The clitoris can be found anterior to the vestibule. This is the erectile tissue of the female reproductive system. It provides much of the sexual stimulus for a woman during the sex act, as it is filled with sensory receptors. Typically, as sexual tension increases in a woman, her clitoris enlarges so as to increase its contact with the penis during coitus.

The sperm enters through the vagina. It then moves through the uterus and into the uterine tubes. In the uterine tubes, if an ovum is present, the sperm can fertilize it.