Female Reproductive Organs

What Are Female Reproductive Organs?

The biggest difference in the anatomy of men and women is in the genital organs.

We can divide the female reproductive organs into internal and external organs.

What are Internal Genital Organs? What Does It Do?

They are the structures located inside the pelvic cavity and form the inner part of the reproductive system. These; Vagina, ovaries, tubes, uterus (womb) and cervix.

Vagina:

It is a pathway between the internal and external reproductive organs. It is the organ where the penis enters and the semen is first released, and the male germ cells are left.

Average length is 9 cm. Its front and back walls touch each other.

It is an expandable organ.

It contains a microbial environment, normally lactobacillus.

Uterus (Womb):

Tube-like structures that are double on the right and left side when in the mother's womb, that is, in embryonic life, then they unite in the middle and form the uterus by removing the curtain in the middle. After this union, some uterine anomalies may occur because the veil does not lift (such as Müllerian fusion anomalies, unicorn uterus, bicornuate uterus, veil in the uterus, T-shaped uterus...).

The uterus is an organ that resembles a pear, consists of muscle tissue, and contains the structure on the inside, which we call the endometrium, to which the baby attaches and grows.

Cervix (Cervix):

It is the gateway between the uterus and the vagina. This door is opened or opened during menstrual periods and during pregnancy. Since the cervix is adjacent to the vagina, it is open to infections and wound formation. However, it is one of the rare types of cancer that can be diagnosed and treated before it becomes cancer, thanks to the test method we call the smear test by collecting the cells spilled in small rod-shaped instruments during the examination with the instruments we call speculum.

Tubes:

It is double in number, on both sides. It catches the egg released from the ovary and transmits it to the uterus.

It is a passageway through which the egg and sperm pass and unite.

It is about nearly 10 cm and is a mobile structure.

Ovaries:

It is two-sided, in two pieces, in mother-of-pearl color and in a hard structure. It is suspended by ligaments to both the uterus and the posterior abdominal wall.

The length is nearly 3.5, the width is 2.5, and the thickness is about 1 cm.

It stores the eggs, releases one egg each month, and produces the hormones we call female hormones.

It is the equivalent of the male testis.