1. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

2. Anatomy of Female Reproductive System
Female reproductive organs
Ovaries
Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina
External genital organs
Mammary glands

4. External Genitalia

5. Female Reproductive System

6. Female Reproductive System
Fallopian Tubes
Uterus
Uterine Cycle
Menses
Destruction of superficial layer of endometrium
Proliferative phase
Starts after mense completed, repair process
Secretory phase
Time of ovulation, peaks 12 days after ovulation

7. Female Reproductive System
Ovaries - ♀ gonads
Oogenesis
Ovarian Cycle
Formation of primary Follicle
Formation of Secondary Follicle
Enlarges rapidly
Formation of Tertiary (Antral) Follicle
10-14 days after start of ovarian cycle
Ovulation
Egg release
Formation and Degeneration of the Corpus Luteum
Unless pregnancy occurs, degenerates

8. Follicular Development: Ovarian Cycle

9. Sperm Cell Movement

10. Fertility and pregnancy

11. The Uterus

12. Mammary Glands
Organs of milk production located within mammae or breasts
Consist of glandular lobes and adipose tissue
Cooper’s ligaments support the breasts

13. Fig. 58.6 Early development of breast epithelium.

14. Fig. 58. 1B A, The macroscopic structure of the breast
Fig. 58.1B A, The macroscopic structure of the breast. B, Changes during lactation.

15. Fig Anatomical territories of cutaneous blood vessels on the lateral trunk. (By permission from Cormack GC, Lamberty BGH 1994 The Arterial Anatomy of Skin Flaps, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.)

16. Fig. 58.4 Lymph vessels of the breast and the axillary lymph nodes.