The
female reproductive organs include the vagina (a muscular passage that connects
the cervix with the external genital organs - one of which is a sensitive mound
of tissue called the clitoris), the cervix (the lower part of the uterus that
separates the body of the uterus from the vagina), the uterus (a hollow,
muscular structure), the ovaries (two glands that produce certain hormones and
contain tissue sacs in which eggs develop), and fallopian tubes (two muscular
channels that connect the ovaries with the uterus). Fingerlike projections
called fimbriae (located at the opening of the fallopian tubes) sweep an egg
released from an ovary into the tube.
