The British Nutrition Foundation gives guidelines for the types of fluid to drink, and water is the only fluid which they recommend drinking âplentyâ of Benelam B and Wyness L (2010) Hydration and health: a review.
The ovaries form part of the female reproductive system. Each woman has two ovaries. They are oval in shape, about four centimetres long and lie on either side of the womb (uterus) against the wall of the pelvis in a region known as the ovarian fossa.
The innermost layer, the ovarian medulla, contains most of the vascular tissue that supports the other layers of the ovary. Function of the Ovaries. The ovaries play two central roles in the female reproductive system by acting as both glands and gonads. Acting as glands, the ovaries produce several female sex hormones including estrogens and progesterone.