What is the normal size of the left ovary?

The ovaries are very important reproductive organs for female friends and are also very important endocrine organs. What is the normal size of the left ovary? This is something that many of our friends do not understand, especially after a gynecological examination, when looking at the values ​​on the report, they don’t know whether they are normal or not. This makes many female friends panic. Now we will introduce to you the normal values ​​of the left ovary size.

A woman has one ovary on each side. They are gray-red in color, relatively tough, flat and oval in shape, with a slightly convex surface. In young girls, the surface is generally smooth, but after sexual maturity, the surface of the ovaries often becomes uneven due to the enlargement of the follicles and the gradual formation of scars after ovulation.

The size and shape of a woman's ovaries vary with age. Even in the same person, the left and right ovaries are not completely identical. Generally, the left ovary is larger than the right one in women. The average length of an adult ovary is 2.93cm on the left and 2.88cm on the right. The average width is 1.48cm on the left and 1.38cm on the right. The average thickness is 0.82cm on the left and 0.83cm on the right. The weight of an adult female ovary is about 3-4g.

The ovaries of women begin to shrink gradually after the age of 35-45. After menopause, the ovaries of women can gradually shrink to about 1/2 of their original volume. Generally speaking, the size of an adult's ovary is usually equivalent to the size of a person's thumb. Due to the influence of repeated ovulation, the follicles of women's ovaries gradually rupture and shrink, and are replaced by connective tissue, the essence of which gradually hardens.

The ovary is a kind of appendage of the female uterus and plays an important and key role in the process of human reproduction. The estrogen secreted by it is the main hormone in the female body. Some women find that their left and right ovaries are different sizes during examination. In fact, this is normal. Generally, women's ovaries are not the same on both sides, so there is no need to worry.

After reading the above introduction, I think everyone has understood the normal value of the left ovary size. So when you see your own examination report, don’t be nervous anymore, especially when you see that your ovaries are different in size, don’t worry about whether you have any disease. It is normal for a woman’s two ovaries to be of different sizes. The size of the ovaries has a lot to do with the amount of estrogen a woman produces.