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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
The female reproductive system consists of two ovaries, two fallopian tubes, the uterus, and the vagina. An ovary normally produces an egg (ovulation) about 11 to 17 days before the woman's next menstrual period, or approximately once a month. The egg is released from the ovary into a fallopian tube and swept by tiny hairlike cells (cilia) and muscle action into the uterus.
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Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH
- Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer |
Kirtly Jones, MD
- Obstetrics and Gynecology |
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
The male reproductive system consists of the penis, two testicles, two epididymides, two vas deferentia, two seminal vesicles, and the prostate gland.
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Credits
| Primary Medical Reviewer |
Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH
- Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer |
Kirtly Jones, MD
- Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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