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Lesson 3 The Female Reproductive System
Chapter 18
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Health Care
9th Grade
03/03/2011

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Term
ova
Definition
female productive cells
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uterus
Definition
a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ inside a female's body
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ovaries
Definition
the female sex glands that store the ova and produce female sex hormones
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ovulation
Definition
the process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian tube each month
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fallopian tubes
Definition
a pair of tubes with fingerlike projections that draw in the ovum
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vagina
Definition
a muscular, elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to the outside of the body
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cervix
Definition
the opening to the uterus
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menstruation
Definition
shedding of the uterine lining
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