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Female Reproductive System
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A)
Layer of Jelly
B)
Nucleus
C)
Cytoplasm
D)
Follicle cells
4
What is the birth canal also called?
Vagina
What is a muscular organ that is the location of pregnancy?
Uterus
What is the opening of the uterus called?
Cervix
What protects the uterus?
Cervix
What is the lining of the uterus where the embryo attaches?
Endometrium
Where does the emrbyo attach?
Endometrium
How many days does it take for the endrometrium to fall away?
28
What is the muscular layer of the uterus called?
Myometrium
What is the site of fertilisation?
Fallopian tube
What is the fallopian tube lined with?
Cillia
What does the cilia in the fallopian tube help move?
Ovum
What is the site of oogenesis?
Ovary
What secretes the hormone oestrogen and progesterone?
Ovary
The ovary secretes oestrogen and what other hormone?
Progesterone
Label this image
A)
Polar body
B)
Ovum
C)
Diploid cell
3
Oogensis:
DIPLOID
cells in the
OVARY
undergo
MEIOSIS
to form numerous
FOLLICLES
at the beginning of
PUBERTY
under the influence of
FSH
,
ONE
cell inside a follicle enlarges and undergoes the rest of meiosis
FOUR
cells are produced, only
ONE
survives and matures to become the ovum
this occurs in a monthly cycle
LH and FSH stimulate the production of
oestrogen
and
progesterone.
The corpus luteum secretes
progesterone
The Graafian follicle secretes
oestrogen.
During oogenesis 1
ovum
and 3
polar
bodies are produced.
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