HTH 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sex Steroid, Myometrium, Egg Cell
Uterus
• Hollow, muscular, pear-shaped
• 2-3 inches
• fertilized ovum implants
• Fundus
o Uppermost part
Layers
• Endrometrium
o Innermost layer
o Endrometriosis
• Myometrium
o Middle, muscled
• Perimetrium
Fallopian Tubes
• Extend from upper uterus
• Towards ovaries
• Conduct ova to uterus
• Fimbrae
Ovaries
• Almond shaped
• Store ova
Estrogen
• Female sex hormone
Progesterone
• Steroid hormone that stimulate proliferation
Menarche
• First menstration
The Breast
• Secondary
Male Anatomy
Penis
• Root
o Base
• Shaft
