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Female Reproductive System Biology

The female reproductive system is responsible for producing eggs, facilitating fertilization, and supporting embryo development in the uterus. Key components include the ovaries, oviducts, uterus, cervix, vagina, and vulva, each playing a specific role in reproduction and the menstrual cycle. Hormones such as estrogen, FSH, and LH regulate these processes, ensuring proper functioning throughout the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy.

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Female Reproductive System Biology

The female reproductive system is responsible for producing eggs, facilitating fertilization, and supporting embryo development in the uterus. Key components include the ovaries, oviducts, uterus, cervix, vagina, and vulva, each playing a specific role in reproduction and the menstrual cycle. Hormones such as estrogen, FSH, and LH regulate these processes, ensuring proper functioning throughout the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy.

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SCIENCE 10

THE FEMALE
REPRODUCTI
VE SYSTEM
LEARNING POINTS

State the key Explain how


Describe the
areas of the hormones
role and
female affect the
function of
reproductive menstrual
each part.
system. cycle.
ROLE OF THE FEMALE
REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
The female reproductive system has many roles. It produces eggs in
the ovaries which are transported via the oviducts. A male sperm
can fertilize the egg to produce an embryo, which can implant in the
uterus wall and eventually develop into a baby. The female
reproductive system regulates this process by various different
hormones, which are produced in the ovaries and pituitary gland.
OVARY
The female reproductive system
has two ovaries. They contain
undeveloped eggs (ova) which
are present from birth. They also
make hormones which regulate
the menstrual cycle. One of the
ovaries releases a mature egg as
part of the menstrual cycle.
OVIDUCT/
FALLOPIAN
TUBE/UTERINE
The oviducts are two tubes
which connect the ovaries to the
TUBES
uterus. Oviducts are also known
as fallopian tubes. They are lined
with hair like cells called cilia to
help move the egg from the
ovary to the uterus.
UTERUS
The uterus is muscular with a
soft lining. A fertilized egg can
implant in the uterus wall and
develop from an embryo to a
baby over the course of a
pregnancy. The lining of the
uterus wall comes away as a
period if an egg is not fertilized
by a sperm.
CERVIX
The cervix is a ring of muscle
which keeps the baby in the
uterus during pregnancy. The
cervix dilates to open during
labour.
VAGINA
The vagina is a muscular tube
which connects the cervix to
outside the body. It is where the
penis enters during sexual
intercourse and where the baby
exits the body during child birth.
The vagina is also where the
menstrual blood (period) leaves
the body.
VULVA
Vulva. The external genitalia that includes the
following parts:
Mons veneris. The mons veneris is the hairy
skin-covered pad of fat over the pubic bone.
Labia minora. The labia minora is the small
lips covered with modified skin.
Labia majora. The labia majora is the large
lips covered with pubic hair.
Clitoris. The clitoris is the small almond-
shaped erectile tissue located below the
junction of two minora.
Vaginal orifice. The vaginal orifice is the
opening into the vagina.
THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND
HORMONES

DAY 1-5 DAY 5-14 DAY 14 DAY 14-28


Menstruation FSH (follicle LH (luteinising Progesterone
occurs if the egg stimulating hormone) maintains the
is not fertilized hormone) stimulates the lining of the
by a sperm. causes the egg release of an uterus, ready for
Blood is lost. to mature in the egg. a fertilized egg.
ovary
THE
ESTROGEN PITUITARY
OVARIES
GLAND

Estrogen is a female sex hormone This pituitary The ovaries


gland is where produce estrogen
made in the ovaries. It is
FSH and LH are and
responsible for puberty in girls
produced. progesterone.
and regulating the menstrual
cycle.
THE PLACENTA
It stops FSH being produced to
If a woman become pregnant, the
prevent more than one egg being
placenta produces progesterone to
released each cycle, it repairs and maintain the lining of the uterus
thickens the uterus lining and and to stop menstruation.
stimulates the pituitary gland to
WELL DONE

THE FEMALE
REPRODUCTI
VE SYSTEM

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