Gynecology

Inside a pregnant woman's uterus is an amniotic sac, which contains amniotic fluid and the growing fetus. The amniotic fluid is important for several reasons:

During sexual intercourse, sperm are released into the vagina near the cervix, which is the entrance to the uterus...more...

Millions of sperm are released during a single ejaculation. Their tails propel on their journey to encounter the single egg cell. Of the millions of sperm..more...,

All of the immature egg cells (oocytes) a woman will ever produce are stored in the ovaries by the time she is born...more...

A woman is born with all of the egg cells she will release throughout her lifetime. Starting at about age 12 through menopause, a woman's reproductive cycle releases an egg about once a month...more..

After the animation loads, click and drag the model to rotate it in any direction. Select a term from the structure list to travel to its location.

Click and drag a slider bar underneath an image window to see the process of embryonic and fetal development.

Twins occur in about 1% of all pregnancies in which 30% are identical (maternal, monozygotic) twins and 70% are non-identical (fraternal, dizygotic) twins.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, is a form of in vitro fertilization in which fertilization occurs outside of the body. First, egg cells are harvested...more...

At 1 month, the baby growing inside the mother's uterus is very small. The baby is so small she could fit in the palm of your hand and is about the size of your thumbnail.