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| a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ inside a female's body |
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| the female sex glands that store the ova and produce female sex hormones |
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| the process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian tube each month |
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| a pair of tubes with fingerlike projections that draw in the ovum |
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| a muscular, elastic passageway that extends from the uterus to the outside of the body |
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| the opening to the uterus |
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| shedding of the uterine lining |
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