FEMALE

REPRODUCTIVE
ORGAN
COMPILED AND PREPARED BY:

MARLYN ROSE MENDOZA - SACDALAN

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
• CONTENTS
• GROSS ANATOMY AND SEXUAL
DIFFERENTIATION
• PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE ORGAN
• OVUM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• ENDOMETRIAL CYCLE/MENSTRUATION
• OVULATION
• CONCEPTION AND PREGNANCY
Female external organ (Vulva)
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE
ORGAN
• VULVA
• EXTERNAL GENITALIA OF THE FEMALE; CONSIST OF THE
GENITAL ORGANS OF THE FEMALE MAMMALS;
STRUCTURES OF THE VULVA: MONS PUBIS, LABIA
MAJORA AND MINORA, CLITORIS AND CLITORAL HOOD,
VESTIBULE, URETHRA, VAGINAL OPENING, AND HYMEN;
OTHER STRUCTURES: PERINEUM, SEBACEOUS GLANDS,
AND VAGINAL GLANDS (BARTHOLIN’S AND SKENE’S
GLANDS)
• PERINEUM
• REGION BETWEEN THE GENITALS AND ANUS;
EROGENOUS ZONE OF BOTH MALES AND FEMALES
FEMALE EXTERNAL
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
• MONS PUBIS
• SOFT MOUND AT THE FRONT OF VULVA; FATTY TISSUES
COVERING THE PUBIC BONE; PUBIC HAIR
• LABIA MAJORA
• ENCLOSE AND PROTECT THE EXTERNAL REPRODUCTIVE
ORGANS; “LARGE LIPS”; LARGE AND FLESHY AND
COMPARABLE TO THE SCROTUM IN MALES; CONTAIN
SWEAT AND OIL GLANDS; COVERED WITH HAIR.
• LABIA MINORA
• LIE INSIDE THE LABIA MAJORA; “SMALL LIPS”;
SURROUNDS THE OPENINGS TO THE VAGINA AND
URETHRA
FEMALE EXTERNAL
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
• BARTHOLINS GLANDS
• LOCATED BESIDE THE VAGINAL OPENING; PRODUCE
MUCUS SECRETIONS
• CLITORIS
• SMALL, SENSITIVE PROTUSION; COMPARABLE TO PENIS IN
MALES; THE 2 LABIAS MEET; COVERED WITH A FOLD SKIN
(PREPUCE); SENSITIVE TO STIMULATION AND CAN BE
ERECT.
• URETHRA
• LOCATED BELOW THE CLITORIS AND JUST IN FRONT OF
THE VAGINA; WHERE URINE PASSES FROM THE URINARY
BLADDER
FEMALE EXTERNAL
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
• VAGINAL OPENING
• THE TUBE-LIKE, MUSCULAR BUT ELASTIC ORGAN ABT 4
TO 5 INCHES IN ADULT WOMAN; THE ORGAN OF SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE IN WOMAN;PASSAGEWAY OF SPERM
GOING TO THE EGG, MENSTRUAL BLEEDING AND A
BABY TO THE OUTSIDE.
• HYMEN
• A MUCOUS MEMBRANE, LOCATED AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE GENITAL TRACT, JUST INSIDE THE OPENING OF
THE VAGINA; MAY TEAR AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OR IT MAYBE SO SOFT AND
PLIABLE THAT NO TEARING OCCURS.
FEMALE INTERNAL
REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN
• VAGINA
• PART OF THE BIRTH CANAL; WHERE SPERM ARE DEPOSITED
AND FROM WHICH A BABY CAN EMERGE
• UTERUS (BODY/CORPUS)
• WHERE AN EMBRYO CAN DEVELOP INTO A FETUS; THICK-
WALLED, MUSCULAR, PEAR-SHAPED ORGAN LOCATED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PELVIS.
• FALLOPIAN TUBES
• OVIDUCTS; WHERE SPERM CAN FERTILIZE AN EGG
• OVARIES
• WHICH PRODUCE AND RELEASE EGGS
• CERVIX
• LOWER PART OF THE UTERUS, WHICH PROTRUDES INTO THE
UPPER PART OF THE VAGINA.
OVUM ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY
• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/in-in-class-
12-biology-india/xc09ed98f7a9e671b:in-in-human-r
eproduction/xc09ed98f7a9e671b:in-in-gametogene
sis-and-the-menstrual-cycle/v/basics-of-egg-develo
pment
PHASES OF MENSTRUAL
CYCLE
• MENSTRUAL PHASE
• cramps
• tender breasts
• bloating
• mood swings
• irritability
• headaches
• tiredness
• low back pain
PHASES OF MENSTRUAL
CYCLE
• https://youtu.be/tOluxtc3Cpw
• FOLLICULAR PHASE
• The follicular phase starts on the first day of
your period (so there is some overlap with the
menstrual phase) and ends when you ovulate.
• It starts when the hypothalamus sends a signal
to your pituitary gland to release
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). This
hormone stimulates your ovaries to produce
around 5 to 20 small sacs called follicles. Each
follicle contains an immature egg.
PHASES OF MENSTRUAL
CYCLE
• OVULATION PHASE
• Rising estrogen levels during the follicular phase
trigger your pituitary gland to release
luteinizing hormone (LH). This is what starts the
process of ovulation.
• Ovulation is when your ovary releases a mature egg.
The egg travels down the fallopian tube toward the
uterus to be fertilized by sperm.
• The ovulation phase is the only time during your
menstrual cycle when you can get pregnant. You can
tell that you’re ovulating by symptoms like these:
• a slight rise in basal body temperature
• thicker discharge that has the texture of egg whites
PHASES OF MENSTRUAL
CYCLE
• LUTEAL PHASE
• During this phase, if you don’t get pregnant, you may
experience symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
These include:
• bloating
• breast swelling, pain, or tenderness
• mood changes
• headache
• weight gain
• changes in sexual desire
• food cravings
• trouble sleeping
CONCEPTION AND
PREGNANCY
• Fertilization
• https://youtu.be/BFrVmDgh4v4
• Conception
• https://youtu.be/-TXkZ_sjyUk
• Pregnancy
• https://youtu.be/-TXkZ_sjyUk