Barrier Methods of Birth Control

Normal Anatomy - Barrier Methods of Birth Control

During a normal monthly cycle, one of a woman's ovaries will produce a mature egg that will travel through the fallopian tube into the uterus. If sperm fertilizes this egg, the egg will attach itself to the uterine wall and begin developing into a fetus.

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