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female gonads
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ovaries
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ovaries
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about same size as testes; in lower abdomen; produce eggs
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ovaduct
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fallopian tube; twice as thick as a strand of hair; egg travels down it.
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uterus
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womb; pear size and shape; endometrial lining comes out every month unless you're pregnant.
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cervix
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opening to uterus; sphinctor muscle
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vagina
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internal muscle canal; 9 or 10 inches long
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vulva
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external genitalia; 3 separate structures
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three structures of vulva
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labia minora-inner
labia majora-outer clitoris-analogous to penis; nerve endings for sexual pleasure |
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Bartholin's gland
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job is to produce mucus; when women get sexually excited, it produces lubricant; located at beginning part of vagina.
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Estrus cycle
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"heat" for mammals, excluding humans and binobos; only time females mate.
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When hormone levels are low, you start to produce
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GnRH
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High levels of estrogen cause
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dumping of LH, causing ovulation.
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FSH
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cause follicle to mature
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follicle
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egg cell and surrounding nurse cells
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LH
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causing follicles to produce estrogen; causes ovulation, egg is released from follicle,l now egg is in fallopian tube and pregnancy is possible
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Corpus luteum
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empty follicle after egg left; produces two hormones-estrogen and progesterone
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HCG
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human coreonic gonaditropin; produced by fertilized egg and surrounding cells; takes place of GnRH; 2 things: allows other hormones to be shut off and maintain corpus luteum
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Female secondary sex characteristics
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breast development
fat diposition to hips smaller larnyx smaller size |
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Menopause
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late 40's, early 50's; diminishing receptive site for estrogen
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Lactaid
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milk production
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Positive feedback
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the more the baby drinks, the more is made
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milk
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modified sweat
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breasts
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modified sweat glands
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aveoli
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sweat glands in breast; embedded in adipose tissue (fat)
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Prolactin
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produced by hypothalamus; only produced when making milk; less baby drinks, less prolactin made
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oxytocin
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causes milk to be released; under environmental control; pituitary hormone; uteran contraction to help clean out; "cuddle hormone," makes you feel lovey; ptoduced during orgasm also.
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