The female reproductive system is very intricate. Here are some of the important organs and what they do in your body:
The cervix
The cervix is the part of the uterus that is the most narrow and closest to your vagina. It’s function is to connect the uterus to the vagina. It acts a passageway for menstrual blood (blood from your period) to exit the body, and for sperm to enter your uterus. The cervix is what dilates– expands– during childbirth.
The cervix is a very important part of the female reproductive system. It is important to protect it and keep it safe, so that you can stay healthy and your system can continue to work the way it needs to.
The vagina
The vagina is the organ that connects the sex organs on the outside of your body to the ones on the inside. The vagina is a tube with wrinkled walls that open just enough for a tampon or sexual penetration. Your vagina’s three functions are to allow you to have your period, to allow sexual penetration to occur, and to allow a baby to pass through and out of your body during birth.
The uterus
Also known as the womb, the uterus is what carries a baby when you become pregnant. It is a large, muscular sac between your bladder and your small intestine. The uterus has an outer lining that gets shed about once a month, which is what gives you your period. When sperm attaches to an egg and you become pregnant, the lining stays in place and the uterus prepares to help the baby grow for the next nine months.
The ovaries
Ovaries are what carry eggs in a woman’s body. They contain about 60,000 eggs which mature and then are sent into the fallopian tubes one at a time. Ovaries also create the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, which are what make women feel emotional during their period or when they’re pregnant.
The fallopian tubes
The fallopian tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus. When an egg is sent from the ovaries, it is sent into the fallopian tube. If you have unprotected sex, the sperm will go up from the vagina and the cervix, through the uterus, and into the fallopian tubes, where it may meet an egg. If this happens, the egg drops into the uterus and you become pregnant.
More help
The information above is just the basics about what is going on inside your body. If you want to know more about the cervix, or about things like having your period or getting pregnant, you may want to check out some of the links below:
http://www.innerbody.com/image/repfov.html
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/guide/your-guide-female-reproductive-systemÂ
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-human-vagina-and-other-female-sexual-parts.html
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/female-reproductive-system