Female Anatomy
Labia Majora
- Sometimes referred to as "outer lips"
- Fleshy tissue that varies in size and shape from woman to woman
- Usually becomes covered in hair after puberty
- Sometimes referred to as the "inner lips"
- Thinner than the labia majora, skin is more sensitive
- Changes colour during sexual excitement and enlarges
- Located above the urethra, it consists of a head (glans) and a longer part (shaft)
- Very sensitive to touch, responds to stimulation
- Fills with blood, causing it to become engorged or erect during stimulation
- The only human organ that exists solely for pleasure. Inch for inch, it contains more nerve endings than any other organ
- Thin tissue that either partially or fully blocks the vaginal entrance
- No known function
- Located just outside the vaginal opening on either side of the labia minora
- Produce a small amount of fluid/lubrication during sexual arousal
- Muscular tube between the external genitalia and the uterus
- Average length of 7.5-9 cm
- During sexual excitement, increased blood flow creates pressure on tissues causing fluid to move through the walls of the vagina
- Serves as a passageway for menstrual fluids, receives the penis during vaginal sex and forms the lower portion of the birth canal during childbirth
- Connects bladder to the outside
- Carries urine out of the body
- Small, pear-shaped organ about 7.5 cm in length with a diameter of about 5cm
- Divided into two regions: body and cervix
- Provides protection and nutrition to the developing baby
- Lower part of the uterus which projects into the vagina
- Secretes cervical mucus which varies in appearance during the menstrual cycle
- Primary female sex organs
- Measures about 5 cm by 2.5 cm
- Held in place by ligaments
- Produce female hormones and ova (eggs)
- About 13 cm in length
- End closest to ovary forms an expanded funnel
- Ovum is swept or drawn into opening of the tube and moved along by hair like structures (cilia)
- Normally take 3-4 days for egg to travel from beginning of tube to uterus