FEMALE REPRODUCTION Living With Children Ms. M. Guzzi

Female Reproduction Vocabulary  Organs holding a woman’s eggs(ovum)  Produce hormones such as estrogen and progesterone  Two tubes on either side of uterus leading from ovaries to the uterus.  Ova(egg) is released from ovary into the fallopian tube. Ovaries (Ovary)Fallopian Tubes

Female Reproduction Vocabulary  Hollow, muscular pear- shaped organ in the abdomen where the baby grows during pregnancy.  Also called the womb.  Opening of the uterus into the vagina.  Strongest muscle in the female body. UterusCervix

Female Reproduction Vocabulary  Passageway between the uterus and the outside of a female’s body.  During childbirth baby follows its path.  Referred to as the birth canal  The female reproductive cell.  Largest cell in the female body.  A female baby is born with all the ova she will ever have.  At puberty, ova begin to ripen. VaginaOva (Ovum)

Female Reproduction Vocabulary  When an egg (ovum) is released from the ovary.  Once a month, an egg leaves one of the ovaries.  A general term used for all external female sex organs. OvulationVulva

Female Reproduction Vocabulary  Lining of the uterus.  Made up of tissue and blood.  Days before ovulation, the hormone estrogen stimulates the uterus to build up this lining to prepare for pregnancy.  When a sperm and an ovum(egg) unite.  Fertilization typically takes place in the fallopian tubes.  Once an egg is fertilized, it travels to the uterus and attaches to the wall. Endometrium Conception (Fertilization)

Ms. M. GuzziJackson Liberty High School