Ovary vs. Uterus

Ovarynoun

(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

Ovarynoun

(botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

Ovarynoun

That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

Ovarynoun

The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

Ovarynoun

the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

Ovarynoun

(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone

Ovary

The ovary is an organ found in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm.

Uterusnoun

(anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Uterusnoun

The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

Uterusnoun

A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.

Uterusnoun

a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

Uterus

The uterus (from Latin , plural uteri) or womb () is a major female hormone-responsive, secondary sex organ of the reproductive system in humans and most other mammals. Things occurring in the uterus are described with the term in utero.