The Female Reproductive System
Shakeeta Morgan
For life to have an on-going process, there must be the process of creating new life. This process is called reproduction. Human beings reproduce in much the same way as other mammals. There is need for both male and female to be involved in the human reproductive process.
The Female Reproductive System
The female reproductive system consists of the fallopian tube, ovum,ovary, uterus, cervix and vagina.
Ovary
This is the name for the sex gland that is similar in function to the male testicle. They are two in number and are located on either side of the uterus (womb). Each ovary is coverd by a tough protective capsule and contains many follicles. A follicle-sound is an egg cell sourounded by one or more layers of follicle cells. It is estimated that about 400,000 eggs (ovum) are stored in eachovary at birth. However, only one egg becomes ripe each month, once puberty begins, and departs from the ovary and travels into the fallopian tubes (oviduct). They also manufacture the female hormones estrogen and progesterone which is instrumental in the onset of the menstrual cycle.
Ovum(ova) egg cell
A microscopic egg cell is released from one of the two ovaries at an average cycle of once every 28 days. When sperm cells encounter an ovum in the fallopian tube, they swarm around it like bees around honey. Once one sperm cell breaks through the outer membrane of the ovum by using hydrolitic enzymes, the egg immediately produces a wall that blocks a second sperm from entering.When fertilization of an ovum occurs, menstruation stops and no other ovum can be discharged until the fetus has left the uterus.
Luteinizing hormone (LH)-sound
This hormone is responsible for triggering the release of the ripe egg from the ovary.
Corpus Luteum-sound
After the ovum (egg) is released from the ovary, a small temporary gland forms in the ovary and begins to produce the hormone progesterone.
Progesterone-sound
Progesterone is secreted to help prepare the
For life to have an on-going process, there must be the process of creating new life. This process is called reproduction. Human beings reproduce in much the same way as other mammals. There is need for both male and female to be involved in the human reproductive process.
The Female Reproductive System
The female reproductive system consists of the fallopian tube, ovum,ovary, uterus, cervix and vagina.
Ovary
This is the name for the sex gland that is similar in function to the male testicle. They are two in number and are located on either side of the uterus (womb). Each ovary is coverd by a tough protective capsule and contains many follicles. A follicle-sound is an egg cell sourounded by one or more layers of follicle cells. It is estimated that about 400,000 eggs (ovum) are stored in eachovary at birth. However, only one egg becomes ripe each month, once puberty begins, and departs from the ovary and travels into the fallopian tubes (oviduct). They also manufacture the female hormones estrogen and progesterone which is instrumental in the onset of the menstrual cycle.
Ovum(ova) egg cell
A microscopic egg cell is released from one of the two ovaries at an average cycle of once every 28 days. When sperm cells encounter an ovum in the fallopian tube, they swarm around it like bees around honey. Once one sperm cell breaks through the outer membrane of the ovum by using hydrolitic enzymes, the egg immediately produces a wall that blocks a second sperm from entering.When fertilization of an ovum occurs, menstruation stops and no other ovum can be discharged until the fetus has left the uterus.
Luteinizing hormone (LH)-sound
This hormone is responsible for triggering the release of the ripe egg from the ovary.
Corpus Luteum-sound
After the ovum (egg) is released from the ovary, a small temporary gland forms in the ovary and begins to produce the hormone progesterone.
Progesterone-sound
Progesterone is secreted to help prepare the