Sesitive organ in sexual response.

Has no reporductive function. Only for pleasure.

"Mount of Venus"

Rounded, fatty pad of tissue, covered with pubic hair.

Lies on top of pubic bone.

Pink in color.

On either side of the vagina.

Closed for protection. Opened when aroused.

2 hairless folds of skin lying between the outer lips and running right along the edge of the vagina.

Inner lips extend forward and come together in front, forming the clitoral hood.

Thin membrane which, if present, partially cover the vaginal opening.

Not a sign of virginity.

Can be penetrated with finger, penis, or tampon.

1. Virginal- large enough for a tampon.

2. Nulliparous- has had sex, a little larger.

3. Parous- has had a child, fully opened.

Removal of the clitoral hood.

"Female circumcision"

Complete removal of clitoris, and inner lips.

Believed to take away sexual desires.

The most extreme type of female genital cutting.

Removes clitoris, all inner lips, and outer lips.

There is no medicine.

Women die from this.

Causes infection, very painful!

Tube shaped, where penis is inserted.

Birth canal.

3-4 inches long.

The vagina stretches (pubococcygeus muscle)

The bottom end of the vaginal opening.

1/3 of the nerves are here.

Bulbs of the clitoris.

2 organs about pea size.

On either side of the vaginal wall, near the entrance, under the inner lip.

erectile tissue that lie close to the crura of the clitoris.

Female prostate gland

Lies between wall of the urethra and wall of the vagina.

It's ducts empty into urethra.

Secretes fluid similar to prostate fluid.

"Womb"

Size of your fist. shaped like an upside down pear.

Lining of the uterus.

Shed once a month (your period)

Muscle used in child birth.

Part of the uterus

Extremely narrow, lined with hairlike projectiles called cilia.

Sperm and egg fertalize here.

The pathway the egg follows.

Connects ovaries and uterus.

Make estrogen and store eggs.

2 organs the size of unshelled almonds.

Manufacture estrogen and progesterone.

Contains follicles- capsules that surrounds an egg

Consists of 15-20 clusters of mammary glands, which are able to produce milk with certain hormones.

They are held up by ligaments.

Where milk ducts open

At the tip of the breast

2nd most common form of cancer in women.

Genetic factors, virus, or diet

Diagnosis: self exams, clinical exam, or mammagram.

Treatment: Chemo, radiation, hormone therapy.

Surgeries: Mastectomy, lumpectomy

3rd most common cancer in women.

95% of cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV.

Pap test- highly accurate and can detect cancer long before symptoms.

Hysterectomy- removal of the uterus.

Opening at the end of the glans.

Urine and semen pass through.

Additional layer of skin.

Cover over the glans.

Absent from a circumsized penis.

2 are the corpora cavernosa (lying on top)

The 3rd is the corpus spongiosum- lies at the bottom, the urethra travels through it.

Houses the testes.

Loose pouch of skin, lightly covered with hair.

Production of sperm and testosterone

Reproductive glands

Inside the testes

Long series of threadlike tubes in testes.

Manufacture and store sperm.

Inside the testes

Produce testosterone

Long tube coiled into a small crescent shaped region on the top and side of the testis

Stores, ripens, and matures sperm

Tube that goes up and out of the scotum

Eventually passes through the prostate.

2 saclike structures that lie above the prostate gland.

Produces semen.

Lies below the bladder.

Size of a chestnut

Secretes a milky alkaline fluid that is part of ejaculation.

Empties into the urethra.

Located under the prostate.

2nd leading cause of the death in men, behind lung cancer.

Early symptoms: frequent urination, difficulty emptying the bladder.

Men over 40 should have a rectal exam.

A disease of young men.

A painless lump in the testes or slight enlargement or change in consistency.

Pain in lower abdomen or groin.

Masculinizing sex hormone.

Feminizing hormone

Brings about changes during puberty

Stimulates contractions of the uterus during childbirth.

The bonding hormone.

Depending on chromo, you begin to develop male or female characteristics built out of the same material.

The sex chromo, transmits the information to various organs on how to differentiate in the course of development.

XX-female (1,090 genes)

XY- male (80 genes)

Men determine the sex of the baby.

Y sperms are fast swimmers bc they aren't carrying as much baggage.

After 7th week, the sex chromo directs the gonad to begin differentiation.

Female- ovaries develop around 10-11 wks.

Males- gonad develops into a testis at 7 wks.

If SRY (Sex-determining Region, Y chromo) is present, then testes differentiate and male development occurs.

In a female, the mullerian ducts becomes the fallopian tube, the uterus, and upper vagina.

In a male, the wolffian ducts becomes the ejaculation duct, epididymis, and vas deferins.

Ovaries and testes change shape/postition as they develop.

If testes staty in the body, surgery is needed so that sperm will survive.

We aren't male or female solely depending on our genitalia.

Our brains work and develop differently.

Just can't tell what's going on.

Various genders.

XO chromo.

Ultra feminine.

Loss of ovarian functions.

Wide hips, slim shoulders

Heave breasts, penis, and testes.

Produce littler sperm.

XY male, but female in apperance.

Under developed penis/ scrotum

An event. Start period, develop breasts, wide hips, influence of estrogen, growth of pubic hair, body growth.

Girls- 12

Progress from a child to adult.

Ages 10-20.

changing, maturing.

An event.

Growth of testes, scrotal sac, and penis.

Pubic hair, facial hair, produce sperm, increase ejaculation, deep voice, increase body growth.

Ages 13-14

Caused by hormones.

1. Follicular phase- FSH rises

2. ovulation- Egg is released

3. Luteal phase- the uterus is lined

4. Menstruation- shedding of the lining

2nd half of the cycle is always 14 days. The 1st half can be shorter or longer

Dysmenorrhea- menstrual pains

Prostaglandins

Endometriosis

Amenorrhea- no period

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Permenstrual dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)