Female Reproductive System
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Introduction
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Function
1. When two people partake in an intimate activity 2. To create life
3. The shedding of blood from this cycle that prepares the uterus for pregnancy 4. The production of ___ cells
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Intercourse
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Reproduction
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Menstruation
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Sex
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Anatomy / Physiology
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Large lips that protect the external parts, contain sweat and oil glands and hair
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Labia Majora
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Small lips that varies in size that surrounds the opening of the vagina
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Labia Minora
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Where both external lips meet; a small, sensitive protrusion that's covered in prepuce
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Clitoris
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Where blood and babies come out and where dicks and tampons goes in
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Vaginal opening
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Piece of tissue covering the surrounding part of the vaginal opening
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Hymen
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The opening where the urine comes out
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Opening to the Urethra
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Muscular canal that joins the cervix, can widen to accommodate a baby during delivery, lined with mucous membranes that keeps it moist
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Vagina
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The lowest part of the organ that golds the baby during pregnancy, has a hole in the middle where sperm enter and blood and babies leaves, the part that prevents stuff like tampons to get lost inside the body
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Cervix
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Hollow, pear-shaped organ that holds the fetus during pregnancy, divided into two parts - Lower part and Upper (where the baby will grow) part
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Uterus
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Cervix
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Corpus
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Small, oval-shaped glands that are situated on each side of the uterus and produce eggs and hormones
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Ovaries
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Narrow tubes that are attached to the upper part of the uterus serve as pathways for the egg to travel from the ovaries to the uterus. The conception often takes place in these tubes
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Fallopian tube
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Menstrual Cycle
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The menstrual cycle is a biological process that every woman goes through (on average) per month, and the purpose of the cycle is to prepare the woman for _________
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Pregnancy
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The average menstrual cycle is about __ days
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28
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The three phases of the menstrual cycle
1. Egg develops 2. Egg's released 3. Hormone levels decrease if the egg doesn't implant
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Follicular phase
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Ovulatory phase
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Luteal phase
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The four hormones of the menstrual cycle
1. The hormone that's accountable for maturing the egg cells in the shells in the ovaries 2. The increase of this hormone causes the matured egg to eventually be released 3. Will cause the lining of the uterus and will also prevent too many eggs to be matured 4. Further helps to maintain and prepare the lining of the uterus for an implantation
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Follicle-stimulating hormone
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Luteinizing hormone
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Estrogen
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Progesterone
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The more common name of a menstruation that's used
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Period
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The biological process when the egg is released due to the increase of Luteinizing hormone
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Ovulation
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The developing shells in the ovaries where egg cells are stored
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Follicle
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The fourth and last / first phase, when the lining of the uterus sheds
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Menses phase
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