Chapter 13: Female Reproductive System
Keywords
Please familiarize yourself with these keywords before you start reading the chapter:
- Corpus hemorrhagicum
- The accumulation of blood that fills the remains of the follicular antrum following ovulation.
- Corpus luteum
- The structure formed following ovulation responsible for the production of progesterone.
- Endometrium
- The innermost glandular layer of the uterus.
- Mesonephric ducts (Wolffian ducts)
- Embryonic precursors to the male tubular genitalia.
- Mesometrium (broad ligament of the uterus)
- The female genital ligament that attaches to and supports the uterus.
- Mesosalpinx
- The female genital ligament that attaches to and supports the uterine tube.
- Mesovarium
- The female genital ligament that supports and envelopes the ovary
- Myometrium
- The middle layer of the uterus composed of smooth muscle.
- Oogenesis
- Development and maturation of oocytes within the ovary
- Ovarian follicles
- Ovarian structure that contains an oocyte and associated cells that support the development of the oocyte.
- Ovary
- Female gonadal organ that functions to produce ova and hormones.
- Paramesonephric ducts (Muellarian ducts)
- Embryonic precursors to the female tubular genitalia.
- Perimetrium
- The outermost layer of the uterus composed of connective tissue and mesothelium.
