Female Reproductive

Abner Diaz and Ivan Gutierrez

Organs Involved in the System

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Functions of the Organs

• The function of the external female reproductive structures (the genital) is twofold: To enable sperm to enter the body and to protect the internal genital organs from infectious organisms.

Vocabulary

• Anatomy• Bartholdi's glands• Birth control• Cervix• Fallopian tube

Diseases of the System

• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)• Endometriosis

Facts

• Men and women are each born with two gonads (two internal sex organs)—the testes (plural) in men, and the ovaries in women.

• The human female is born with all the ova (eggs) she will ever have—about 2 million. These are immature. By puberty, she will have only about 400,000 ova, the rest having dwindled away. During her reproductive life, a woman will only ovulate (release from the ovary) about 400 eggs. Which eggs are selected to mature or ripen to ovulation is still a biological mystery.

References

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