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THE HUMAN BODY

Reproductive SECTION THROUGH OVARY

Corpus
albicans
system
Fallopian
tube
SEX ORGANS LOCATED IN THE PELVIS create new human
lives. Each month a ripe egg is released from one of
the female’s ovaries into a fallopian tube leading to Corpus
the uterus (womb), a muscular pear-sized organ. A luteum
Primary
male produces minute tadpolelike sperm in two oval Mature follicle
glands called testes. When the male is ready to release ruptured
follicle
sperm into the female’s vagina, many millions pass Germinal
epithelium
into his urethra and leave his body through the fleshy
penis. The sperm travel up through the vagina into Graffian follicle
the uterus and fallopian tubes, and one sperm may
Oocyte (egg) Secondary follicle
enter and fertilize an egg. The fertilized egg becomes
embed ded in the
uterus wall and starts
to grow into a new
human being.

SECTION THROUGH
FEMALE PELVIC
REGION
Ureter

Ampulla of
fallopian tube
Fimbria of
fallopian tube
Ovary Isthmus of
fallopian tube
Fundus
of uterus
Uterus
(womb)
Cervix Bladder
(neck of
uterus) Pubic symphysis
Os Urethra
Rectum Clitoris
Vagina External
urinary
Anus meatus
Perineum
Labia
minora
Labia
Introitus majora
(vaginal opening)

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