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BIOLOGY 12
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
1) Label the following diagrams
1) OVIDUCT/FALLOPIAN TUBES
1a) FIMBRIAE
2) URINARY BLADDER
3) PUBIC BONE
4) URETHRA
5) CLITORAL SHAFT
5a) CLITORIS
6) VAGINA
6a) VAGINAL ORIFICE
7) ANUS
8) RECTUM
9) UTERUS
Female Reproductive System (side view)↑
9a) CERVIX
10) OVARY
1) OVIDUCT
2) UTERUS
3) OVARY
4) CERVIX
5) VAGINA
Female Reproductive System↑
1
1) OVIDUCT
2) CORPUS LUTEUM
3) PRIMARY FOLLICLE
2
4) SECONDARY FOLLICLE
5) GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE
6) EGG
3
Ovary↑
5
4
6
7
7) FIMBRIAE
What are the locations, structures and functions of the following parts of the Female
Reproductive System?
PART
LOCATION
STRUCTURE
FUNCTION
-one on each side -about 3 cm by 1 -female gonads that produce eggs
Ovaries
of upper pelvic
cavity
-extend from
uterus to ovaries
cm in size
and the female sex hormones.
-cilia-lined tubes
Uterus
-above and
tipped over the
urinary bladder
Endometrium
-lining of uterus
Cervix
-joins vagina to
uterus
Vagina
-below uterus
Follicles
-within ovaries
-thick-walled
muscular organ
shaped like an
upside-down pear
-normally about 5
cm wide
-two layered
-thickness varies
according to
menstrual cycle
-joins vagina at
nearly right
angles
-muscular tube
with mucussecreting lining
-sac-like
-“Fallopian tubes” that transport
eggs from ovaries to uterus
-the usual site of fertilization
-where fetus develops.
Graafian follicle
-within ovaries
-sac-like
-each follicle contains an immature
egg (oocyte)
-Oogenesis takes place in follicle.
-an immature egg cell
Oocyte
-within
follicle/ovaries
-cell-like
-an immature egg cell
Ovulation
-between ovary
and oviduct
Corpus luteum
-within ovaries
Hypothalamus
-part of the
brain
-
Anterior
pituitary gland
-part of the
brain
-
Oviducts
-
-empty sac
-where embryo is implanted
-develops into placenta when
pregnant
-opening of uterus from vagina
-receives penis during intercourse,
and serves as a birth canal
-the release of a secondary oocyte
(egg) from the ovary
-occurs once per month.
-produces estrogen and
progesterone
-if no pregnancy occurs, it breaks
down in about 10 days
-if pregnancy does occur, it breaks
down in 3 - 6 months
part of brain that ultimately
controls release of sex hormones
-releases GnRH
-when stimulated by GnRH will
release FSH and LH