nent: SY. MOST ORGANS IN THE BODY ARE SIMILAR IN MEN AND IN WOMEN, BUT. THOSE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DIFFER GREATLY BETWEEN THE SEXES, THIS IS THE ONLY SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT FUNCTION UNTIL PUBERTY. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. ‘The female reproductive organs are all locat within the pelvic cavity. The paired ovaries produce gametes—the fernale sox cells, (ova, of eggs)—and also make the female sex hormone, estrogen, Le Once the ovaries have matured at puberty, they reaseeges fl roughly once a month as part F of the menstrual cycle. The ripened eggs are conveyed from the ovaries to the uterus by Fallopian.tubes. A musculac tube, the vagina, leads from the uterus to the outside of the body. This passageway, which receives Spec during coitus, isthe exit route for blood when the uterine finiag is shed during menstruation, anid also the bith canal, The female reproductive system includes the mammary glands in the breasts, Fallopian tube — Colles es sroduced a ‘raaton ard vans ‘ham to ers ands oral tno fesiaation Fundus ofuterus—_ Leetouard tontof ferwar- age stars fetes 508 Tom eoening Body of uterus cervix Necker ues projecting ‘hava nto vagng vagina Fable muscular be at ‘egard o accommdite wale peisand alow passage of fee cng chicoeth teen Fi ee eer Oe Lactierous duct Coney miko bess Tope aie Nipete ‘of breast and contains iecferour Sot openings Secretory lobule (ne of ver srl compares itn ea brat cbe composed of gapatis cues of it- ‘sreing gan (aheol) Fimtrige Faget pofections emningafenty ene so ach lop ube Ovary Forma gor, bing ‘desputin peeLEN OPE FEMALE THORAX ‘THE BREASTS, OR MAMMARY GLANDS, ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN FEMALES. MALES ALSO HAVE BREASTS, BUT THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER AND SERVE NO REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION. BREASTS The breasts develop at puberty, when they grow due to the increased production of glandular tissue and fat. They lie on the pectoralis major muscle on each ANTERIOR VIEW side, and each extends upward and outward on the chest wall to form an Color and/or label the structures incicated axillary tajl in the armpit. Each breast contains 15-20 lobes, and each lobe, (on the ciagram sing the ny below in turn, contains several lobules, where milk is produced. The lobes are © Nipple connected tothe nipple by lactiferous ducts, with each duct draining one Q wre lobe. Just before they enter the nipple, the lctiferous ducts expand slightly Slee in a lactating breast to form a lactiferous sinus Surrounding each nipple i Diem the areola, which becomes darker during pregnancy. ANTERIOR VIEW.SAGITTAL SECTION OF BREAST 1 Colocand/or bel the stuctures indicated onthe diagram Busing the key below. EO ung @ Secretory lobule © Fecterats minor @ neola EG Peciorate major © Nippe @ wb @ Lactfeous sinus SAGITTAL SECTION OF BREAST oe tects sine © intercostal msde 8 stom 3 See also pp. 36,62, 138, 162, 178 )}