CHAPTER 35

Question 1

ova production and transportation

• ova course through the organs of the female reproductive system in the following order
  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
• the following additional structures of the female reproductive system are not involved in ova production and transportation:
  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____

Answer 1

ovaries
uterine tubes
uterus

vagina
greater vestibular glands
labia minora
labia majora
clitoris 
mons pubis

Question 2

ovary

• the ovary is the female _____. it contains many _____ that function in the production of the female sex cell (_____) and in the production of the female sex hormones (_____ and _____)
• the female reproductive system has two _____
• they are located on the _____ wall of the _____
• an ovum leaves an ovary by being expelled from the _____ at the _____ of the ovary; the ovum then enters the abdominal cavity, where it is immediately picked up by the _____

Answer 2

gonad
follicles
ovum
estrogen
progesterone
ovaries
lateral 
pelvis
follicle 
surface
uterine tube

Question 3

uterine tube

• the uterine tube is also referred to as the _____ or _____
• the female reproductive system has _____ uterine tubes
• each uterine tube extends from the _____, where the _____ end of the tube presents numerous _____ processes called _____, to the _____, where the tube attaches to the _____ wall of the uterus
• the uterine tube conveys the released _____ from the ovary toward the _____
• -if _____ occur, it will occur within the uterine tube
• -if _____ does not occur, the ovum _____ within the tube

Answer 3

Fallopian tube
oviduct
2
ovary
ovarian
fingerlike 
fimbriae
uterus
lateral
ovum
uterus
fertilization
fertilization
degenerates

Question 4

uterus

• the uterus is an organ with an extremely _____ wall that expands during development of a _____
• it is located in the _____, lying upon the _____ surface of the _____
• it exhibits the following parts:
  1. the _____ is the part of the uterus that lies above the opening of the uterine tubes
  2. the _____ is the main mass of the uterus that extends posteriorly to a constriction called the _____
  3. the _____ is the constricted part of the uterus located between the body and the cervix
  4. the _____ is the part of the uterus that opens into the vagina
• -this opening can be palpated through the vagina and its extent determined during _____
  5. posterior to the uterus is the _____

Answer 4

thick muscular 
fetus
pelvis
superior
urinary bladder
fundus
body
isthmus
isthmus
cervix
childbirth 
rectouterine pouch of Douglas

Question 5

vagina

• the vagina is a canal that extends from the _____ of the uterus inferiorly to the _____ of the vagina, the inferior opening of the vagina
  1. the recess between the cervix and vaginal wall is called the _____
  2. the posterior fornix is _____ than the other fornices
• it is located anterior to the _____ and posterior to the _____
• it is a separate and distinct canal from the _____
• -the urethra in the female does not join the reproductive organs as it does in the male reproductive system
• it is the female organ involved in _____
• the vestibule of the vagina is partially closed by a membranous fold called the _____

Answer 5

cervix
vestibule
fornix
longer
rectum
urinary bladder
urethra
sexual intercourse
hymen

Question 6

greater vestibular glands

• the greater vestibular glands are two small _____ glands located on the _____ wall of the _____ just inside the _____ of the _____
• the ducts ducts draining these glands open into the _____
• these glands are _____ during _____ and secrete a _____ that lubricates the vagina

Answer 6

ovoid
lateral 
vagina
vestibule 
vagina
vestibule 
compressed
sexual intercourse
mucus

Question 7

labia minora

• the labia minora are two small folds of skin located on either side of the _____ of the _____
• they are usually hidden by the _____

Answer 7

vestibule
vagina
labia majora

Question 8

labia majora

• the labia majora are two _____ of skin that extend _____ from the _____
• the other surface is covered with _____, whereas the inner surface is _____

Answer 8

elongated folds
posteriorly 
pubis
coarse hairs
smooth

Question 9

clitoris

• the clitoris is homologous to the penis and contains _____ that, when becomes filled with _____, results in an _____
• unlike the penis, the urethra does not course through the _____
• it is located where the two _____ join _____

Answer 9

erectile tissue
blood
erection
labia minora
anteriorly

Question 10

mons pubis

• mons pubis is a _____, _____, lies over the _____
• it is covered by coarse hairs termed _____

Answer 10

rounded
fatty elevation
pubic symphysis
pubic hairs

Question 11

blood supply

• branches from the _____ supply the majority of the female reproductive organs. this includes the _____, _____, and _____
• the gonadal artery, called the _____ in females, mainly supplies the _____ and _____

Answer 11

internal iliac artery
internal pudendal
vaginal
uterine arteries 
ovarian artery
ovaries
Fallopian tubes