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Hello, the maintenance of female secondary sexual characteristics depends on the female hormones produced by the gonads-ovaries. Each woman has two ovaries, located on either side of the uterus. During the fertile age, the ovaries undergo cyclic development, maturation, and ovulation of follicles, producing estrogen and progesterone, which maintain the female sexual characteristics. The uterus is the site where a fetus develops. The cyclical shedding of the endometrium forms menstruation. Therefore, after a hysterectomy, if one ovary is retained, the secretion of female hormones can remain at a relatively normal level. Although menstruation will no longer occur and fertility will be lost.