Handout-Female reproductive system/cervical ca

What are the three categories of organs in the female reproductive system?

Primary organs are the ____.

What do ovaries produce?

Internal accessory parts include? (4)

Labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibule, & vestibular glands (bartholin's glands) are known as ____ ____

The ____ are solid, ovoid structures about the size and shape of unshelled almonds and are located on the ____ ____ of the ____ cavity (one on either side).

Lymphatic drainage of the ovaries goes almost exclusively to the ____ ____ ____.

Each ovary is attached to several ____ that help to hold it in position.

What is the largest ligament formed by a fold of peritoneum?

The broad ligament is attached to the ____ ____ and ____.

At the ovaries upper end, it is held together by a small fold of peritoneum called the ____ ____.

The sensory ligament contains the ____ ____ ____ and ____.

What is the flattened band of tissue within the broad ligament ?

____ ____connects the upper end of the uterus to the ____ wall.

What is another name for uterine tubes?

The function of the uterine tubes is to convey ____ ____ towards the uterus and are suspended by portions of the ____ ____.

The uterine tube ____ to form a funnel shaped ____ which partially encircles the ____.

The infundibulum bears a number of ____, ____ extensions, called ____.

The ____ generally does not touch the ovary, the ____ are connected directly to it.

Transport of the egg from the ovary to the uterus is facilitated by the ____ ____ by ____, which ____ the egg toward the ____. ____ contractions help force the egg along.

What is the function of the uterus?

What is a hollow, muscular organ, shaped somewhat like an inverted pear?