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  2. 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.

  3. Uterus - Wikipedia

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    The uterus is mobile and moves posteriorly under the pressure of a full bladder, or anteriorly under the pressure of a full rectum. If both are full, it moves upwards. Increased intra-abdominal pressure pushes it downwards. The mobility is conferred to it by a musculo-fibrous apparatus that consists of suspensory and sustentacular parts.

  4. Uterine appendages - Wikipedia

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    Some sources define the adnexa as the fallopian tubes and ovaries. [1] Others include the supporting tissues". [2] Another source defines the appendages as the "regions of the true pelvis posterior to the broad ligaments". [3] One dictionary includes the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and ligaments (without specifying precisely which ligaments are ...

  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. Fallopian tube - Wikipedia

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    Each fallopian tube leaves the uterus at an opening at the uterine horns known as the proximal tubal opening or proximal ostium. [9] The tubes have an average length of 10–14 centimeters (3.9–5.5 in) [4] that includes the intramural part of the tube. The tubes extend to near the ovaries where they open into the abdomen at the distal tubal ...

  7. Pelvic cavity - Wikipedia

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    In females, the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and upper vagina occupy the area between the other viscera. [1] [2] The rectum is located at the back of the pelvis, in the curve of the sacrum and coccyx; the bladder is in front, behind the pubic symphysis. The pelvic cavity also contains major arteries, veins, muscles, and nerves.

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

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    In 2019, a woman living in Bangladesh with a double uterus gave birth to three babies — first, a baby from one uterus, and then, 26 days later, twins from her second uterus.

  9. Ovary - Wikipedia

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    The ovaries lie within the peritoneal cavity, on either side of the uterus, to which they are attached via a fibrous cord called the ovarian ligament. The ovaries are uncovered in the peritoneal cavity but are tethered to the body wall via the suspensory ligament of the ovary , which is a posterior extension of the broad ligament of the uterus.