FEMALE ANATOMY

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FEMALE ANATOMY
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External Primary Sexual Structures

• Mons veneris (mons pubis)
• Vulva
• Labia majora
• Labia minora
• Clitoris
• Clitoral Hood
• Vestibule
• Perineum

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Internal Sexual Structures

• Vagina
• Rugae
• Mucosa
• Muscles
• Uterus
• Cervix
• Os
• Fallopian Tubes
• Ovaries

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Vagina

• Introitus
• Hymen membrane partially covers opening
• Bartholins glands 1-2 drops before orgasm.
  May become infected.
• Transudation
• Orgasmic Platform
• Vaginitis
• Vaginismus

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Area of the Grafenberg spot
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THE GRAFENBERG SPOT

• G-SPOT- Apparent in only 10-30
• Little or no sensation in 70-90 females
• Erotic zone, 1-2 inches in vagina
• Can become engorged with blood (swell)
• Skenes gland
• Can result in female ejaculation
• Anxiety

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Uterus

• Endometrium
• Myometrium
• Perimetrium
• Cervix
• Mucous glands
• Os

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Ovaries

• Connected to pelvis by ligaments
• Not connected to Fallopian Tubes
• Contain Graffian Follicles eggs
• At puberty, 40,000 400,000 follicles
• About 450 released during reproductive lifetime
• Ovulation Rupture of follicle releasing Egg
  (ovum) and Support Cells

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May 2002 Female Fertility starts declining from
late 20s

• Data from 6,000 menstrual cycles
• Intercourse two days prior to ovulation
• Partners same ages

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FEMALE BREASTS
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Most Common Female Cancers
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WHAT IS CANCER?

• Uncontrolled cell division (mitosis)
• Rapid cell division consumes surrounding tissues
• Cancer cells resist dying
• Oncogenes predispose people to cancer
• Cancer cells spread to new tissues through lymph
  system

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TYPES OF LUMPS IN BREASTS

• CYSTS fluid-filled sac. Develop in 30s, 40s
  and 50s
• FIBROADENOMAS rounded, firm. 80 of breast
  lumps are fibroadenomas.
• Malignant tumors 1 in 9 females.

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HORMONES

• Chemicals that coordinate development and
  maintain sex organs and characteristics
• Travel throughout body through bloodstream
• Hormones have target organs/tissues
• Where are hormones produced?
• Gonads (sex hormones)
• Endocrine Glands
• Hypothalamus
• Pituitary
• Adrenals

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TYPES OF HORMONES IN HUMAN SEXUALITY

• GnRH (Hypothalamus)
• Gonadotropins (Pituitary)
• FSH
• LH
• Sex Hormones (Ovary or Testes)
• Estrogen
• Progesterone
• Testosterone

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HORMONES REGULATE HORMONES
GnRH
FSH
LH
Estrogen
Progesterone
Uterus
Ovary
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Female Ovarian Menstrual Cycles

• Ovarian CycleAve. 28 days
• Development of Graffian Follicle (Oogenesis)14
  days
• Rupture Release of ovum (egg) (Ovulation)
• Formation of Corpus luteum
• Menstrual Cycle3 phases
• Proliferative-9 days (Graffian Follicle develops)
• Secretory-14 days (Corpus luteum secretions)
• Menstrual-5 days (Endometrium detached expelled)

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