- Guards the opening of the uterus - Opens to allows menstrual blood to flow out into the vagina during menstruation - It enlarges to allow passage of baby during birth

- To receive penis and semen during sexual intercourse - To serve as a birth canal for baby

- For implantation, growth and development of the embryo - Form the placenta for nutrients, gaseous exchange and remove of metabolic waste - At birth, its muscular wall contracts to push the baby out of the vagina

Female reproductive system function Flashcards by Weiqing Tiang

Ovary

To produce egg/ova (female gametes) and female sex hormones (Oestrogen and progesterone)

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Oviduct

-Transfer the ovum from ovary to uterus
- Fertilisation occurs in the oviduct

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Cervix

Guards the opening of the uterus
Opens to allows menstrual blood to flow out into the vagina during menstruation
It enlarges to allow passage of baby during birth

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Vagina

To receive penis and semen during sexual intercourse
To serve as a birth canal for baby

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Uterus

For implantation, growth and development of the embryo
Form the placenta for nutrients, gaseous exchange and remove of metabolic waste
At birth, its muscular wall contracts to push the baby out of the vagina

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Female reproductive system function Flashcards

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