I am Branndi’s Ovaries 
Sharice Shannon
H. Anatomy - Period 4
16 April 2011 I would consider my self not attractive but cute in size. I give Branndi puberty, menstrual cycle, and some beautiful feminine appearances on the outside of her body. The thanks I get is her 2 children….oh yeah and her knuckle head of a husband, Scott. I am Branndi’s ovaries. I’m an oval structure about the shape and size of an almond. I have another sibling that look’s just like me, but on the other side of me. I range from whitish to grayish-pink in color. Although I am about 2 centimeters wide, 1 centimeters thick, 3.5 centimeter in length, and weigh from 2 to 3.5 gm, I am quite the match maker due to my abilities. My location is in the ovarian fossae. I’m present on both sides of the uterus. The lateral walls are held up by peritoneal ligaments and connected by Fallopian tubes. In my location, the fossa is encircled by the external iliac vessels, out looked by the obliterated umbilical artery, and behind by the ureter. I am precisely at the beginning of Branndi’s reproductive system. Occasionally, I tend to thicken Branndi’s hips and thighs out a little too much and she gets very angry at me. There is nothing I can do about it though, but she can and she did. Branndi went on a diet by exercising and eating healthy. Scott was very jealous because he was the bum now. One of my duties is to produce eggs and secrete estrogen and progesterone. The estrogen I secrete is there for the development of her sexual features such as breast growth, the gathering of body fat around the thighs and hips, and the growth spurt during puberty. I even have to regulate Branndi’s menstrual cycle and pregnancy. Each month during her menstrual cycle (her period), I release an egg. Hormones produced by the brain rouse 15 to 20 eggs to start to grow in me. The egg then travels from me through a fallopian tube to the uterus. The eggs will dry up and exit the body in approximately 2 weeks from my neighboring organ, the uterus, when the eggs are not fertilized by a sperm. Blood and tissues from the lining of the uterus gather together to form the menstrual flow. Branndi only goes through her menstruation between 3 to 5 days. When she experiences those intense and painful cramps I know she is in a lot of pain, but she probably doesn’t understand that I have no control over that. It’s kind of hard to try to signal her to tell her it is her smooth muscle in her uterus that is contracting. The contracting muscles causes cramps as a result of all of the prostaglandins withheld in her body. Man, does she put me under a lot of pressure. I’m surprised I can handle it all considering my size. Wait….but that’s not all. Sometimes I wish she would cut me some slack. I belong to the female reproductive system and the endocrine system. In the female reproductive system, it permits a woman to generate eggs, have sexual intercourse, care for and nurture the fertilized egg until it is fully developed, and to give birth. Sexual reproduction wouldn’t occur without me, let alone make sense. When Branndi was born, her ovaries held millions of eggs that remained non-productive, at least until puberty came along. As she had gotten older, her eggs began to die. During puberty, her pituitary gland started to generate hormones that inspired me to generate female sex hormones. Once Branndi hit puberty she only had about 300,000 sustainable eggs. Branndi transformed into a beautiful, young, and sexual lady because of puberty and of course all of the hard work I put into making her happy. I also occur in the endocrine system because I produce progesterone and estrogen. Branndi’s vagina, uterus, and fallopian tubes are also other organs part of the female reproductive system. All of these organs all work together to accomplish the main function by the process of pregnancy and all of the steps to becoming a fully grown female complex through puberty. Some type of diseases that Branndi can suffer from would be menopause, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrheal. At the age of 29, Branndi went through menopause and along with me and the other organs I am associated with will stopped regulating her menstrual cycles. She endured numbness, hot flashes, sweats, chills, insomnia, and pelvic pain. Other symptoms that might have been active would have been heart palpitation, headaches, mental instability, and depression. When all of these symptoms occur, Branndi’s adrenal glands make just enough estrogen to generate the alteration symptom free. There were many cures to fixing menopause. Branndi began to get a lot of outdoor exercises for about 4-6 hours daily with a 30-35 minute hot bath set to about 105 degrees. Making sure she got lots of sleep definitely fixed her problem too. If Branndi can maintain these daily routines she will be in good shape and not have to worry about the fats I deposit because she will be burning them off. “That’s finally off of my to do list!” Lastly, Branndi loves to have her tea every morning before she is off to work, so I take the blame for getting her hooked on to them. Licorice root, sarsaparilla, unicorn root, and elder flavored teas soothes her mind and calm her down so she doesn‘t have to worry about getting headaches, insomnia, and depression ever again. Branndi is currently on the adrenal recovery diet and it will help her live a long and better life in the future knowing that menopause can be cured from this along with the physical activities. She like to be ready for the unexpected ovary disorders and the expected symptoms that come along with them.
Works Cited
" Ovaries." MYVITES.COM - Vitamins Shop World Vitamin Shoppe Swanson Vitamins and Minerals. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2011.