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February 10, 2012

Female Reproductive System Index

Featured: Your Guide to the Female Reproductive System Main Article

The female reproductive system is designed to carry out several functions, including producing the female egg cells, conception, and producing female sex hormones that maintain the reproductive cycle. During menopause the female reproductive system gradually stops making the female hormones necessary for the reproductive cycle to work.

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