Test: The Female Reproductive System (November 2) - NEET MCQ

Bartholin's glands are a pair of small glands situated on each side of the vaginal opening in human females. They secrete a thick, viscid secretion for lubrication during copulation.

Release of ovum from the ovary is called ovulation. The Graafian follicle rises to the surface, sends out a protuberance or stigma and everts to release the ovum into peritoneal cavity. The empty Graafian follicle contains a blood clot which is called corpus haemorrhagic. Its granulosa cells continue to proliferate, develop yellow carotene pigment or lutein and get converted into lutein cells. This converts the ruptured follicle into yellow body called corpus luteum. It becomes a temporary endocrine gland secreting progesterone with small quantity of estrogen.

Correct answer is D.

The total number of follicles in two ovaries of a normal young adult woman is about four lakhs but only about 500 eggs reach maturity because many ovarian follicles (during primary oocyte stage) undergo degeneration. This degenerative process of follicles is called follicular atresia and such follicles are known as atretic follicles.

In the given figure, A is cervix, B is vagina, C is Uterus, D is urinary bladder, E is clitoris and F is vanginal orifice

The female external genitalia include mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, hymen and clitoris.

Lower end of uterus is called cervix that opens into vagina.

Mammary glands or breasts are modified sweat glands that lie over the pectoral muscles. Each breast has a broad multiporous tip called nipple for the release of milk. A circular pigmented area called areola lies below it. Each breast contains 15-20 glandular lobes separated from one another by dense connective tissue and adipose tissue. Each lobe is further made of several lobules having glandular or secretory alveoli. The cells of alveoli produce milk which is stored in the cavities or lumens of alveoli. Alveoli open into mammary tubules and then into mammary ducts. Mammary ducts form a mammary ampulla from which a lactiferous duct develops. Each lobe produces a separate lactiferous duct. The various lactiferous ducts open at the nipple by separate pores.