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  2. Uterus - Wikipedia

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    The upper parts of the uterus remain separate, but the lower parts are fused into a single structure. Found in dogs, pigs, elephants, whales, dolphins, [37] and tarsiers, and strepsirrhine primates among others. Simplex The entire uterus is fused into a single organ. [35] Found in higher primates (including humans and chimpanzees).

  3. Female reproductive system - Wikipedia

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    The uterus or womb is the major female reproductive organ. The uterus provides mechanical protection, nutritional support, and waste removal for the developing embryo (weeks 1 to 8) and fetus (from week 9 until the delivery). In addition, contractions in the muscular wall of the uterus are important in pushing out the fetus at the time of birth.

  4. Endometrium - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy figure: 43:05-15 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The uterus, uterine tubes and ovary with associated structures." Histology image: 18902loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Female Reproductive System uterus, endometrium" Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) gnidation/role02

  5. Human reproductive system - Wikipedia

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    The vagina is attached to the uterus through the cervix, while the uterus is attached to the ovaries via the fallopian tubes. Each ovary contains hundreds of egg cells or ova (singular ovum). Approximately every 28 days, the pituitary gland releases a hormone that stimulates some of the ova to develop and grow. One ovum is released and it ...

  6. List of related male and female reproductive organs - Wikipedia

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    Müllerian duct, the upper part of which remains as the hydatid of Morgagni; the lower part, represented by a dotted line descending to the prostatic utricle, constitutes the occasionally existing cornu and tube of the uterus masculinus: ot. The genital ridge from which either the ovary or testis is formed. o. The left ovary: t.

  7. Human body - Wikipedia

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    The study of the human body includes anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology. The body varies anatomically in known ways. Physiology focuses on the systems and organs of the human body and their functions.

  8. What is uterus didelphys? Why some women have two ... - AOL

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    Known as uterus didelphys, this is “part of a spectrum of disorders that are referred to as Müllerian abnormalities,” says Erin Higgins, an ob-gyn doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, which has a ...

  9. Reproductive system - Wikipedia

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    In place of the uterus and vagina, non-mammal vertebrate groups have an unmodified oviduct leading directly to a cloaca, which is a shared exit-hole for gametes, urine, and feces. Monotremes (i.e. platypus and echidnas ), a group of egg-laying mammals, also lack a uterus, vagina, and vulva, and in that respect have a reproductive system ...