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==Key Stage 3==
[[File:ReproductiveSystemOvary.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[diagram]] showing the '''ovaries''' in the [[Female Reproductive System]].]]
===Meaning===
The [[ovary]] is an [[organ]] in the [[Female Reproductive System|female reproductive system]] which produces and stores the [[Ovum|egg cells]].
===About the Ovary===
: There are two '''ovaries''' in a [[female]].
==Key Stage 4==
[[File:ReproductiveSystemOvary.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[diagram]] showing the '''ovaries''' in the [[Female Reproductive System]].]]
===Meaning===
The '''ovaries''' are [[organ]]s in the [[Female Reproductive System|female reproductive system]] and [[Endocrine Gland|endocrine glands]] in the [[Endocrine System|endocrine system]].
===About Ovaries in the Female Reproductive System===
: The '''ovaries''' are where the [[Ovum|ova]] are stored.
: '''Ovaries''' [[secrete]] a [[hormone]] called [[oestrogen]].
: [[Oestrogen]] causes the expression of female characteristics during puberty including the widening of the hips, [[Mammary Gland|breast]] growth and the initiation of the [[Menstrual Cycle|menstrual cycle]].
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Ovaries, page 182, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Ovaries, page 208, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Ovaries, pages 160-161, 168-169, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe10129 ''Ovaries, pages 61, 63, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Ovaries, pages 73, 77, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Ovaries, pages12, 13, 17, 18, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f394 ''Ovary, ovaries, pages 191, 208-9, 250, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f395 ''Ovary, ovaries; follicle, page 208-9, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120207/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120207&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=22455ff53961978667722edaa64c0be5 ''Ovaries, page 142, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Ovaries, pages 225, 230, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946748&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a4f0348fc37d0ba1bb52d27f8679581f ''Ovaries, pages 77, 79, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Ovaries, page 37, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']