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Test # 6
Female Reproductive System
Question | Answer |
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Bone in the penis | Baculum |
sex-mating scents | Pheromones |
pads of subcutaneous fat in front of the pubic bone above the vagina that helps cushion the bone during sexual intercourse. | Mons Pubis |
Two large, longitudinal skin folds that correspond to the male scrotum sac. | Labia Major |
sole purpose of bring sexual arousal, pleasure, and orgasm. | Clitoris |
Paired set of small glands within the vaginal entrance walls (one one each side) that secrete lubricating fluid during sexual excitement and/or intercourse | Bartholin's Gland |
skin between the vagina and anus, important during child birth | Perineum |
scissor-cut the area for easier childbirth | Episiotomy |
produce and secrete milk | lactation |
12-20 tube leading eventually to the nipple | Mammary Glands |
mammary gland ducts coverage behind the nipple a "milk reservoir" | Ampulla |
breast nipples are surrounded by a dark-tinted formation | Areola |
Breast rest atop the pectoralis major chest muscle(s) & are supported by "cables" called | Cooper's Ligament |
a hormone at birth | Prolactin |
permits milk ejection from nipples | Oxytocin |
yellowish "super milk shake" | Colostrum |
outside piece of thin membrane that stretches across and covers the vaginal opening. | Vagina Hymen |
3-4" long elastic, muscular tunnel-tube-passageway extending from the external labia-opening to the internal uterus; | Vagina |
friendly bacteria | Lactobacillus |
highly elastic, muscular 1-2" "neck-like passageway that connects the vagina to the uterus, and is the entrance into the uterus | Cervix |