The Female Reproductive System!

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The Female Reproductive System!

• Anatomy of the female body!

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Structures of the female reproductive system

• Ovaries
• Fallopian tubes
• Uterus
• Cervix
• Vagina
• Urethra

• Ovulation
• Eggs/Ovules
• Menstruation

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Ovaries

• Female sex gland
• Produce eggs
• Produce hormones
• (ex estrogen)

ovary
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The Ovaries

• Partner 1 turn to partner 2 and explain why
  ovaries are important in the female body.

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Fallopian Tubes

• Tubes which lead from
• ovary to uterus
• Sperm fertilize eggs here
• End of tube called fimbria (looks like fingers)
• Fimbria catch the egg and draw it into the tube

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Fallopian Tubes

• Partner 2 explain to partner 1 where the
  fallopian tubes begin and where they end.
• What get fertilized in the fallopian tubes?

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Uterus

• Where fertilized egg implants (sticks)
• Baby develops here until birth
• Size of a small pear
• Lining sheds
• during menstruation

uterus
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Uterus

• Name two functions of the uterus (partners)
• Could a women have a baby without a uterus?

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Cervix

• Mouth of the uterus
• Boundary between vagina and uterus
• Must open or dilate to deliver baby

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Cervix

• This part of the female reproductive system is
  between the ________ and the ___________.
  (partner 1)

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Vagina

• birth canal
• Passage that leads from the cervix to the outside
  of the body
• Baby exits body through this canal during birth

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Vagina

• Otherwise known as the _________ ___________.
  (partner 2)

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Clitoris

• Female sexual sense organ
• Right above urethra and vagina

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Clitoris

• This is the _________ part of the reproductive
  system. (partner 1)

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Urethra

• Tube that carries urine from bladder out of body

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Urethra

• _________ sounds like the word urine. (partner 2)

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Ovulation

• Process in which an egg matures in the ovary, and
  is then released
• On average happens once every 28 days
• Ovulation times get more regular/predictable
  after puberty for many women

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Ovules/Eggs

• Female sex cells
• Women are born with all the eggs they will ever
  have in their ovaries
• Eggs mature as needed in the ovaries before being
  released

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Ovulation Video

• http//www.icyou.com/video-source/doctors-and-expe
  rts/3d-medical-animation-ovulation

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Menstruation

• Lining of uterus sheds through vagina
• Unfertilized egg carried out with lining

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Menstruation (period)

• What sheds? (both partners)
• How often? (both partners)

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What do you know now?