Female Reproductive System Vocabulary
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| show | Fallopian tubes, ovaries, and supporting ligaments.
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| show | Innermost membranous sac surrounding the developing fetus
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| show | Dark-pigmented area surrounding the breast nipple.
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| show | Small mucus-secreting exocrine glands at the vaginal orifice (opening to outside of the body). Caspar Bartholin was a Danish anatomist who described the glands in 1637.
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| show | Lower, neck-like portion of the uterus
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| chorion | show 🗑
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| clitoris | show 🗑
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| show | Sexual intercourse; copulation. Pronunciation is K Ō - ĭ -t ŭ s.
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| show | Empty ovarian follicle that secretes progesterone after release of the egg cell; literally means yellow (luteum) body (corpus).
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| show | Stage in prenatal development from 2 to 8 weeks.
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| endometrium | show 🗑
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| show | One of a pair of ducts through which the ovum travels to the uterus; also called an oviduct. The tubes were named for Gabriello Fallopia, an Italian anatomist.
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| show | Stage in prenatal development from 8 to 39 or 40 weeks.
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| fimbriae ( singular: fimbria) | show 🗑
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| show | Secreted by the pituitary gland to stimulate maturation of the egg cell (ovum).
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| show | Male or female sexual reproductive cell; sperm cell or ovum.
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| show | Reproductive organs; also called genitals.
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| show | Period from fertilization of the ovum to birth.
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| show | Female or male reproductive organ that produces sex cells and
hormones; ovary or testis.
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| show | Study of the female reproductive organs including the breasts.
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| show | Hormone produced by the placenta to sustain pregnancy by
stimulating (-tropin) the ovaries to produce estrogen and
progesterone.
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| show | Mucous membrane partially or completely covering the opening to the vagina.
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| show | Lips of the vagina; labia majora are the larger, outermost lips, and
labia minora are the smaller, innermost lips.
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| show | Tubes that carry milk within the breast.
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| show | Secreted by the pituitary gland to promote ovulation.
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| show | Nipple of the breast. A papilla is any small nipple-shaped projection.
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| show | Gradual ending of menstruation.
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| show | Monthly shedding of the uterine lining. The fl ow of blood and tissue normally discharged during menstruation is called the menses (Latin mensis means month).
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| show | Muscle layer of the uterus.
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| neonatology | show 🗑
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| show | Branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy and childbirth.
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| ovarian follicle | show 🗑
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| ovary | show 🗑
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| ovulation | show 🗑
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| ovum (plural: ova) | show 🗑
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| show | Act of giving birth.
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| show | In females, the area between the anus and the vagina.
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| placenta | show 🗑
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| pregnancy | show 🗑
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| progesterone | show 🗑
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| uterine serosa | show 🗑
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| uterus | show 🗑
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| show | Muscular, mucosa-lined canal extending from the uterus to the
exterior of the body.
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| vulva | show 🗑
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