| female reproductive organs #1 | female reproductive organs #2 | the menstrual cycle | birth control | female sex hormones |
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the ovaries
What are the primary sex organs (gonads) of the female reproductive system?
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A pair of uterine tubes, a uterus, and a vagina
What organs make up the female internal accessory organs?
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Begins around 13 and ends around 50
Around what ages does the menstrual cycle begin and end?
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Contraception
What does birth control require a method of?
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10 years old
Until when is the female body reproductively immature?
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The accessory organs (secondary sex organs)
What do the internal and external reproductive organs make up?
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The labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and vestibular glands
What organs make up the female external accessory organs?
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Menarche
What is the name of the first menstrual cycle?
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Coitus interruptus
What is the practice of withdrawing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation? |
The hypothalamus
Which structure secrets GnRH or gonadotropin-releasing hormone?
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True
Each primordial follicle consists of ONLY one primary oocyte. True or False?
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The uterus
Where does the embryo that developed from an oocyte fertilized in the uterine tube go for development?
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Menopause
What is the period in life called when the menstrual cycle becomes unpredictable and soon ends?
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The male condom and the female condom
What are the different mechanical barrier contraceptive methods?
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FSH and LH
What 2 hormones are released by the anterior pituitary that help control sex cell maturation and produce sex hormones?
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FSH
During puberty, what does the anterior pituitary gland secrete increased amounts of?
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To enclose and protect other external reproductive organs
What is the function of the labia majora?
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Estrogen
What hormone stimulates the development of secondary sex characteristics? |
The intrauterine device (IUD)
Which contraceptive thickens the cervical mucus so that the sperm has trouble entering the uterus?
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Increased hair growth in pubic and axillary regions or the development of the female skeletal configuration
What is a change that androgens produce at puberty?
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A secondary oocyte and a first polar body
When the primary oocyte in the mature antral follicle completes meiosis I, what cells are given rise?
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The bulbourethral glands
What are the vestibular glands correspondent of in the male?
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A corpus luteum
What temporary glandular structure forms from the remnants of the follicle within the ovary?
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Sterilization; vasectomy for male, tubal ligation for female
What is the most guaranteed (permanent) contraceptive and what are the names of the procedures for each sex?
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The ovaries, the adrenal cortices, and the placenta (during pregnancy)
What tissues secrete female sex hormones belonging to estrogens and progesterone?
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