Question

Draw a labelled diagram of the human female reproductive system and discuss it in details. [5 marks]

Answer 1

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• The female reproductive system mainly consists of a pair of ovaries, a pair of oviducts or fallopian tubes, uterus and vagina.
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• Ovary is the main reproductive organ in the female reproductive system which produces the female gamete (egg/ovum).
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• On top of the ovaries, there are some finger-like projections called fimbriae.
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• These fimbriae open into long tube-like structures, around 10-12 cm long known as oviducts or fallopian tubes.
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• On either side, these fallopian tubes join into an inverted pear-shaped muscular pouch in the centre, resting on the urinary bladder called the uterus.
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• The uterus opens into a short canal called cervix and finally it leads into an elastic long tube structure called the vagina.
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