- are not part of a woman's reproductive system, they are considered to be highly erotic by most men in Western societies, and therefore we must consider them part of a woman's sexual anatomy
- If you wish to conduct a breast self-exams, the best time is _____________________, when estrogen levels are low and the breasts are not tender or swollen.
- After an egg is expelled from an ovary into the abdominal cavity at ovulation, it is picked up by one of the ______
- At puberty, one or more of the follicles is stimulated to mature on about a monthly basis (the menstrual cycle). When mature, the follicle is called a _____________This process ends at menopause, and thus only about 400 of the several hundred thousand ova in a woman's ovaries will ever mature during her lifetime. In contrast, a man's testicles produce millions of new sperm every day.
- When a woman becomes sexually aroused, the ___________ contract and the nipples become erect.
- T/F Studies have found that regular douching increases the risk of bacterial vaginosis and ectopic pregnancy
- Until shortly before birth, ___________ separates the vagina from the urinary system.It ruptures after birth but in humans remains as a fold of membrane around the vaginal opening.
- It is not until a woman becomes sexually aroused that the walls of the inner ________ of the vagina begin to expand to accommodate a penis.
- are located underneath the sphincter muscles on both sides of the vaginal opening, also help the vagina grip the penis by swelling with blood during sexual arousal.
- A man's urethra serves for the _______________ as well as urine, but a woman's urinary system is not related to her _______________.
- The vaginal walls have ______ layers. The inner layer has a soft mucosal surface similar to that of the inside of the mouth.
- T/F The darkened area around the nipple, called the areola, becomes even darker during pregnancy.
- During a woman's reproductive years, one or more eggs will mature on a ___________ and will be released from an ovary and picked up by one of the Fallopian tubes
- T/F The rising levels of female hormones at puberty cause the vaginal walls to thicken and become more elastic and highly vascularized (i.e., having lots of blood vessels).
- (after epididymis) the second part of the duct system that transports sperm out of a man's bodybegin in the scrotum and then travel through the spermatic cord and enter the abdominal cavity through the inguinal canal
- T/F Clitoridectomy is no longer legally performed in America, but it is very common in Northern African countries and parts of the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia
- It is in the _________ that an egg and a sperm unite to start a new living beingThe fertilized egg then travels through the tube and implants itself within the _______
- The vaginal and urethral openings are visible only if the labia minora are parted. The area between the two labia minora
- The clitoris contains two parallel cylinders of spongy tissue called
- Each egg is surrounded by some other cells and contained within a thin capsule to form what is called a