SOC 152A Lecture Notes - Simon Levay, Vacuum Aspiration, Endometrium
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Sex: mix of mental, physical, emotional components. Water/silicon based lubrications are safe for the vagina: hymen: historically important; some hymens don t break and just stretch; annular hymen, septate hymen, cribriform hymen, torn hymen. Vagina: usually collapsed space (not wide open all the time); expands when stimulated/flexible, unused = 2-3 inches long. Uterus: uterus can be situated in different positions; mostly situated at a right angle from the vagina and to the right that bends over the bladder: three main components. Endometrium: interior wall of uterus comes out day. Get rid of pms: calcium + vitamin d: ex: 2-3 glasses of milk per day. Oviducts: about the size of a piece of spaghetti. Cilia: the little hair-like things in the oviducts that push the egg out of the vagina. Ovaries: one on each side of the vagina; about the size of an unshelled almond.
