The Female

Reproductive
System
  Is made up of the internal and
external sex organs that
function in human
reproduction.

 Immature at birth and develops

Female to maturity at puberty to be
Reproductive able to produce gametes, and
System to carry a fetus to full term.
 Functions:

 1. Produces female sex

Female cells.
Reproductive  2. Receives sperm cells
from the male.
System
 3. Nurtures the
development of and
provides nourishment for
the new individual.
External
Female
Reproductive
Organ
 Enabling sperm to enter the
body.

Vulva- collective term for

External Female external genitalia and includes:
Reproductive Organ
labia majora, labia minora,
clitoris, opening of the urethra
  Protecting
External the internal genital
Female organs from
infectious
Reproductive organisms.
Organ
 Provides sexual
pleasure.
Internal
female
reproductive
organs
 VAGINA
 Muscular but elastic organ
about 4 to 5 inches long in
an adult woman.

 3” long when not aroused,

5-6” when aroused, but
very stretchy

 It connects the external

genital organ to the
uterus
 VAGINA
 Attached to the uterus
through the cervix

 It is the passageway for

sperm to the egg and
for menstrual bleeding
or a baby to the outside.
 CERVIX

 The neck of the uterus, the

lower, narrow portion where it
joins with the upper part of
the vagina.

 The cervical canal is a passage

through which sperm must
travel to fertilize an egg
cell after sexual intercourse
 CERVIX

 Produces a mucous plug

to keep germs out during
pregnancy
 UTERUS

 Also known as womb

 composed of
myometrium/smooth muscle
 embryo can develop into a
fetus.
 endometrium- uterine lining
that breaks down during
menstruation
 major female reproductive
 UTERUS

 Provides mechanical
protection, nutritional
support, and waste removal
for the developing embryo
and fetus embryo.
 One end, the cervix, opens
into the vagina, while the
other is connected to one or
both fallopian tube.
 UTERUS

 produces vaginal and uterine

secretions
 Follicles produce egg
cells or oocytes in the
process known as
oogenesis

 Produce and secrete

estrogen and
progesterone
 OVARIES
 are located in the left and
right lower abdomen

 -at birth,500 000 Graafian

follicles are present-these
are immature ovum
 FALLOPIAN TUBE/
OVIDUCT

 carries an egg from the ovary

to the uterus.
 Fimbriae, the fingerlike
projections of the fallopian
tube, receives the egg cell
 A section of the fallopian
tubes, called the ampulla, is
generally where an egg is
fertilized by a man’s sperm.