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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