01621nas a2200325   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260003300043653001800076653001300094653002000107653002100127653001000148653001100158653001100169653001500180100003600195700002700231700002800258700002100286700002100307700001900328700002400347700001800371245004700389856004800436300001000484520077900494020002201273       2016                            d  c2016bSpringeraNew York, NY10aBulbourethral10aCervical10aFallopian Tubes10aMüllerian ducts10aOvary10aUterus10aVagina10aVestibular1 aJuan Andrés Ramírez-González1 aRicardo Vaamonde-Lemos1 aJoao Sabino Cunha-Filho1 aAlex C. Varghese1 aR. James Swanson1 aDiana Vaamonde1 aStefan S du Plessis1 aAshok Agarwal00aOverview of the Female Reproductive System  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3402-7_2  a19-463 aThe female reproductive system is described from its gross anatomical, histological, and physiological perspectives. The gross and microscopic anatomical structures described in this chapter ainclude (1) the primary reproductive gland, that is, the ovary; (2) the secondary reproductive glands, that is, bulbourethral, cervical, and vestibular; and (3) the tubular structures developing from the paramesonephric ducts (Müllerian ducts), that is, fallopian (uterian or ovarian) tubes, uterus, and vagina. The physiology of the female reproductive system describes how these various anatomical structures interact in a normal reproductively fertile adult woman. This function necessarily includes the reproductive portion of the hypothalamus and pituitary (hypophysis) gland.  a978-1-4939-3402-7