1. The Female Reproductive System

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3. Your Female Body
In order for you to understand how we work you must first know where the ‘parts’ are located.
The following slides are designed to educate you (or review) on the location and general function of your female body parts.

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8. HOW IT ALL WORKS YOU TUBE Link
Ovulation & the menstrual cycle - Narrated 3D animation CLICK HERE
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The video is titled "The Normal Female Reproductive System" and is produced by Schering-Plough

9. What Is the Female Reproductive System?
Unlike the male, the human female has a reproductive system located entirely in the pelvis.
The external part of the female reproductive organs is called the vulva, which means covering. Located between the legs, the vulva covers the opening to the vagina and other reproductive organs located inside the body.

10. Labia
The fleshy area located just above the top of the vaginal opening is called the mons pubis. Two pairs of skin flaps called the labia (which means lips) surround the vaginal opening.

11. Clitoris
The clitoris, a small sensory organ, is located toward the front of the vulva where the folds of the labia join.
This is the best known of the female genital hot spots, located at the top of the vulva, where the inner labia join at their upper ends.
The visible part is the small, pea-sized, female equivalent of the tip of the male penis, and is partially covered by a protective hood. Essentially it is a bundle of 8000 nerve fibres, making it the most sensitive spot on the entire female body. It is purely sexual in function and becomes enlarged (longer, more swollen, more erect) and even more sensitive during sexual arousal.

12. Bartholin’s Glands
Girls might see and feel a white, mucous-like discharge from the vagina. This doesn't mean anything is wrong
ﾑ it is just another sign of your changing body and hormones.
Bartholin's glands: These glands are located next to the vaginal opening and produce a fluid (mucus) secretion.
It is very NORMAL to see and feel mucus during your cycle. (It is heaviest around ovulation)

13. Vaginal Discharge
Normal vaginal fluids vary from think and slightly sticky to thick and gooey.
They also vary in colour, ranging from clear to off-white
It has a slight odour and should never cause burning or itching

15. Irritation of the Vagina
Sometimes a normal vaginal discharge can irritate the skin. This is due to moisture against the skin.
You can prevent skin irritation by:
Wearing cotton underwear
Avoid wearing underwear at night
Do not use scented tampons or toilet paper
NEVER DOUCHE
Bath and clean the area regularly with a MILD soap and water
Don’t sit in wet clothing

17. Urethra
Between the labia are openings to the urethra (the canal that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) and vagina. Once girls become sexually mature, the outer labia and the mons pubis are covered by pubic hair.

19. Wipe from Front to Back
Wiping back to front is easier when sitting BUT, you may wipe all the waste, germs and unseeables into your vaginal opening

20. Vagina
The vagina is a muscular, hollow tube that extends from the vaginal opening to the uterus. The vagina is about 3 to 5 inches (8 to 12 centimeters) long in a grown woman.
Because it has muscular walls, it can expand and contract. This ability to become wider or narrower allows the vagina to accommodate something as slim as a tampon and as wide as a baby.

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24. The vagina serves 3 purposes
It's where the penis is inserted during sexual intercourse
It's also the pathway that a baby takes out of a woman's body during childbirth, called the birth canal
It provides the route for the menstrual blood (the period) to leave the body from the uterus.

25. Hymen
A thin sheet of tissue with 1 or more holes in it called the hymen partially covers the opening of the vagina. Hymens are often different from person to person. Most women find their hymens have stretched or torn after their first sexual experience, and the hymen may bleed a little (this usually causes little, if any, pain).
Today, many active girls have torn their hymen through activity and rough play before intercourse.

27. Cervix
The vagina connects with the uterus, or womb, at the cervix (which means neck).
The cervix has strong, thick walls. The opening of the cervix is very small (no wider than a straw), which is why a tampon can never get lost inside a girl's body.
During childbirth, the cervix can expand to allow a baby to pass.

28. Uterus
The uterus is shaped like an upside-down pear, with a thick lining and muscular walls - in fact, the uterus contains some of the strongest muscles in the female body.
These muscles are able to expand and contract to accommodate a growing fetus and then help push the baby out during labour.
When a woman isn't pregnant, the uterus is only about 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) long and 2 inches (5 centimeters) wide.

29. Fallopian Tubes
At the upper corners of the uterus, the fallopian tubes connect the uterus to the ovaries.
There are 2 fallopian tubes, each attached to a side of the uterus.
The fallopian tubes are about 4 inches (10 centimeters) long and about as wide as a piece of spaghetti. Within each tube is a tiny passageway no wider than a sewing needle.
At the other end of each fallopian tube is a fringed area (called fimbria) that looks like a funnel with fingers. This fringed area wraps around the ovary but doesn't completely attach to it.
When an egg pops out of an ovary, it enters the fallopian tube.
Once the egg is in the fallopian tube, tiny hairs in the tube's lining help push it down the narrow passageway toward the uterus.

30. The Gonads
Sexual reproduction couldn't happen without the sexual organs called the gonads.
Although most people think of the gonads as the male testicles, both sexes actually have gonads:
In females the gonads are the ovaries.

31. Ovaries
The ovaries are 2 oval-shaped organs that lie to the upper right and left of the uterus. They produce, store, and release eggs into the fallopian tubes in the process called ovulation.
The ovaries are also part of the endocrine system because they produce female sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone.

32. What Does the Female Reproductive System Do?
The female reproductive system enables a woman to:
produce eggs (ova)
have sexual intercourse
protect and nourish the fertilized egg until it is fully developed
give birth