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Explain female reproductive organs with diagrams. |
| Answer» Female reproductive system: This system includes a pair of ovaries, a pair of oviducts, uterus and ****** opening out through urethra. Ovary: A pair of ovaries forms the gonads in female. Ovaries are the female *** organs that lie one on either side of the abdominal cavity. Ovaries by the process of oogenesis form eggs or ova which are released as one per month. Ovaries produce two hormones, namely, estrogen and progesterone.Estrogen controls the changes that occur during puberty, like feminine voice, soft skin and development of mammary glands, growth of pubic hair and controls the release of mature eggs.Progesterone controls the uterine changes during menstrual cycle, and helps in the maintenance of pregnancy.Oviducts: A tube like structure arising from each ovary on either side is called as an oviduct. This is also called as fallopian tube. The egg is carried from the ovary to the uterus through a thin oviduct also known as the fallopian tube.The two oviducts combine and open into an elastic bag-like structureknown as the uterus.Uterus:\xa0 Uterus is a hollow muscular organ which has the capacity to bear the child. It is otherwise called as womb. Zygote formed after fertilisation in the fallopian tube travels downward by dividing itself continuously to form an embryo. Embryo as it reaches the uterus gets implanted into the wall of the uterus. After fertilisation, female reproductive hormones bring in many changes to the uterus, so as to bear the growing embryo. As the embryo grows, it transforms into foetus. Uterus is the organ which bears the foetus.******: It is the reproductive part situated at the end of the uterus in female reproductive tract. It connects uterus to the outside world. ****** secretes mucous to keep the tract wet. It opens out through vulva.\xa0 | |