1. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TERMS

2. OVARIES- A PAIR OF GLANDS THAT PRODUCE EGG CELLS AND THE FEMALE HORMONE ESTROGEN.
THE OVARIES CONTAIN THOUSANDS OF EGGS BUT THEY ARE NOT RELEASED UNTIL PUBERTY.
OVUM- FEMALE SEX CELL

3. FALLOPIAN TUBE- A TUBE THAT LEADS FROM THE OVARIES TO THE UTERUS
FUNCTION- TRANSPORT EGGS FROM THE OVARY TO THE UTERUS

4. FERTILIZATION-(CONCEPTION)- THE UNION OF AN EGG CELL AND A SPERM CELL THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE
OVULATION- WHEN THE OVARIES RELEASE AN EGG INTO THE FALLOPIAN TUBE

5. UTERUS- A MUSCULAR, HOLLOW ORGAN THAT HOLDS A FERTILIZED EGG THROUGH DEVELOPMENT UNTIL BIRTH
SOMETIMES CALLED THE WOMB

6. VAGINA- A MUSCULAR TUBE THAT STRETCHES DURING CHILDBIRTH
CERVIX- THE MOUTH OR OPENING TO THE UTERUS

7. MENSTRUATION- THE PERIODIC SHEDDING OF THE UTERINE LINING WHICH HAS FORMED IN PREPARATION OF A FERTILIZED EGG
BEGINS WITH PUBERTY