Exam 4 - Female Reproductive System

Question 1

Vulva

Answer 1

External genitalia; vestibule for entry to vagina

Question 2

Vagina

Answer 2

Site for delivery of sperm, birth canals for delivery and sheath for penis during copulation

Question 3

Cervix

Answer 3

Powerful smooth muscle sphincter

Question 4

Uterine body

Answer 4

Site for developing fetus

Question 5

Oviduct

Answer 5

Site of fertilization

Question 6

Ovary

Answer 6

Site of Oogenesis and steriodogenesis

Question 7

Uterine horns

Answer 7

Where fetuses are in litter bearing species

Question 8

Ovaries are suspended from the body wall by a
reflection of this serous membrane, the ____________

Answer 8

mesovarium

Question 9

Portion supporting uterine tubes is __________

Answer 9

mesosalpinx

Question 10

Uterus suspended bilaterally via ____________

Answer 10

Mesometrium

Question 11

Tunica albuginea

Answer 11

The dense connective tissue capsule around the ovaries

Question 12

Most vascular part of the ovary (also inner part)

Answer 12

Medulla

Question 13

_________ of the ovary consists of largely dense, irregular connective tissue interspersed with follicles and contains ____________ cells that have _________ function

Answer 13

Cortex; interstitial; endocrine

Question 14

Primary follicles

Answer 14

Established prior to birth

Question 15

Tertiary follicle

Answer 15

Distinguished by a antrum; encased in a tissue developed from theca cells

Question 16

Follicles contains the ____ and produce _______

Answer 16

Egg; estrogen

Question 17

Corpus lueteum

Answer 17

Produces progesterone; develops from cells of ovulated follicle

Question 18

Infundibulum

Answer 18

Thin‐walled, funnel‐shaped structure with a highly complex series of fimbriae at the opening, net-like

Question 19

Uterus

Answer 19

A body, cervix (neck), and two horns in domestic mammals

Question 20

__________ on the edges of infundibulum of the oviduct position the infundibulum over the follicle

Answer 20

Fimbriae

Question 21

Examples of a duplex uterus

Answer 21

Wallaby, rabbit

Question 22

Examples of a bicornate uterus

Answer 22

Pig, cow, horse

Question 23

Example of a simplex uterus

Answer 23

Human

Question 24

Uterine body consists of three layers: ________, ________, ___________

Answer 24

Perimetrium; myometrium; endometrium

Question 25

Perimetrium

Answer 25

Outside the uterus, covered by the visceral peritoneum

Question 26

Myometrium

Answer 26

middle muscular layer; grows as the fetus grows, responsive to hormones of the ovaries

Question 27

The Myometrium smooth muscle wall, _________ tone/relaxes with _________ and _________ tone/contracts with ________

Answer 27

Decreases with progesterone; increase with estrogen

Question 28

Contraction of this allows expulsion of the fetus

Answer 28

Myometrium

Question 29

Endometrium

Answer 29

Innermost mucosal layer, highly glandular tissue, varies in thickness and vascularity with hormonal changes

Question 30

The _________ provides site of attachment for placental membranes

Answer 30

Endometrium

Question 31

Placenta

Answer 31

Embryo attachment in the uterus is a delayed process, generally occurring 5-7 days after the embryo reaches the uterus

Question 32

Animal who has a cotyledonary placenta

Answer 32

Cow

Question 33

Animal who has a diffuse placenta

Answer 33

Horse

Question 34

Animal who has a diffuse placenta

Answer 34

Pig

Question 35

Animal who has a zonary placenta

Answer 35

Dog

Question 36

Animal who has a discoidal placenta

Answer 36

Primates

Question 37

Cervix is tightly closed except during ______ and _________

Answer 37

Estrus; parturition

Question 38

The vagina has glandless ________ _________ epithelium in most species

Answer 38

Stratified squamous

Question 39

Vestibule

Answer 39

Between vagina and external genitalia, external urethral i common to both urinary and reproductive tracts

Question 40

Vulva

Answer 40

External genitalia for female, right and left labia, meeting at the ventral and dorsal commissures

Question 41

Clitoris

Answer 41

Like the penis: consists of two crura, or roots, a body, and a glans; only the glans is visible externall

Question 42

Blood supply to vagina

Answer 42

Very branched, with all named vessels being bilateral

Question 43

_______ artery arises from the aorta caudal via the renal arteries

Answer 43

Ovarian

Question 44

Primary blood supply to the uterine body and horns is the ________ artery that is derived from the ______ artery

Answer 44

Uterine; vaginal

Question 45

_______ artery is the primary blood supply to the _______ in the region of the developing fetus

Answer 45

Uterine; uterus