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1
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What are the two major functions of the ovaries?

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  1. Produce the female gametes

2. Produce the steroid hormones that prepare the endometrium for conception and maintain preg should fert occur

2
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What are the two regions of the ovaries and what is within them?

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  1. Medullary
    - Contains rich vascular bed with cellular loose CT
  2. Cortical
    - Ovarian follicles reside here
3
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What are granulosa cells

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They are follicular cells that surround an ovarian follicle

4
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What are primoridal follicles?

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Before birth, primoridal germ cells proliferate by mitotic division until they number in the millions. After they are arrested in prophase of M1, they are called primordial follicles

5
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Primary follicles

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Around time of sexual maturity, primoridal follicles undergo further growth to become primary follicles in which the oocyte is surrounded by two or more layers of cuboidal epithelial cells

6
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Granulosa cells

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Follicular cells as the oocyte enlarges (during menstrual cycle)

7
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Zona pellucida

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A thick layer of glycoportein that is secreted as the oocyte enlarges (during menstrual cycle) between the oocyte and granulosa cells

8
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Theca folliculi

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Once the zona pellucida is made, the stroma surrounding the follicle differentiates into a cellular layer called the theca folliculi which are separated from granulosa cells by a thick basement membrane

9
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What are the zones of the theca?

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  1. Theca interna
    - richly vascularized
    - synth androgenic steroids which are converted to estradiol by granulosa cells after diffusing into follicle
  2. Theca externa
    - Mostly connective tissue
10
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Antrum

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Large, fluid filled cavity. Marks the point of secondary follicles

11
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Cumulus oophorus

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Thickened area of the granulosa where the full sized oocyte is situated

12
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Graafian follicle

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  1. Mature follicle that has completed its first meiotic division (Haploid, 2N).
  2. Greatly enlarged antrum
  3. Cumulus oophorus diminishes leaving the oocyte surrounded by the corona radiata.
13
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Where is the first polar body?

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Zona pellucida

14
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What stage of meiosis occurs at just before ovulation?

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The graafian follicle continues meiosis and progresses to metaphase M2, then arrests until fertilization

15
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Follicular atresia

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Follicular cells and oocytes die and are phagocytized. Maximal at birth, during puberty and during pregnancy

during each cycle, some follicles develop but by mid-cycle only one ovulates, the rest undergo atresia

16
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What stimulates ovulation and where is it secreted?

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Lots of LH secreted by anterior pituitary gland

17
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What is ovulation?

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Rupture of mature follicle and liberation of the ovum. Ovum is viable for 24 hours, after which it undergoes autolysis in the oviduct

18
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Corpus luteum

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Formed from the wall of the follicle that becomes infolded. Is a temporary endocrine gland.

19
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What happens during the period of corpus luteum development?

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  1. Blood vessels and stroma invade previously avascular layer of granulosa cells
  2. Granulosa cells and theca interna cells hypertrophy to form lutein cells
20
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What do granulosa lutein secrete?

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Progesterone and estrogen

21
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What do Theca lutein cells secrete?

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Androstenedione and progesterone

22
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What does progesterone do?

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Prevents development of new follicles, thus preventing ovulation

23
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How long does the corpus luteum last in absence of pregnancy?

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10-14 days

24
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Corpus albicans

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Scar of dense connective tissue where the corpus luteum was

25
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What happens to the corpus luteum with pregnancy?

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HCG produced by placenta stimulates it for 6 mo

26
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Infundibulum

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Part of oviduct that opens into peritoneal cavity to receive ovum

27
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What directs ovum to tube?

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Fimbriae, which extend from the end of the tube and envelop the ovulation site to direct the ovum to the tube

28
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Isthmus

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Part of ovum next to ampulla, small

29
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Interstitial segment

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Part of ovum that penetrates the wall of the uterus

30
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What are the 3 layers of the wall of the oviduct?

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  1. Mucosa
    - Longitudinal folds, most numerous in ampulla, simple columnar epithelium
  2. Muscularis
  3. Serosa composed of visceral peritoneum
31
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Kartagener’s syndrome in women

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Not infertile so ciliary action is not essential

32
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Tubal ectopic pregnancy

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Fertilized ovum implants in wall of oviduct

33
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What are the components of the uterus?

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  1. Body/corpus
  2. Internal os
    - narrowing of the uterine cavity
  3. Cervix
    - Lower cylindrical structure
34
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What are the three layers of the alls of the uterus?

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  1. Outer serosa
    -CT and mesothelium
    OR adventitia
    -CT
    –>depending on what part of the uterus
  2. Myometrium
    - Smooth muscle
    - Grows during pregnancy
  3. Endometrium
    - Mucosa of the uterus
    - Epithelium and lamina propria
35
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What are the zones of the endometrial layer?

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  1. Functionalis
    - Sloughed off at menstruation
  2. Basalis
    - Retained after menstruation and proliferates to provide new epithelium and lamina propria
36
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What lies deep within the basalis?

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The uterine glands which are the source of cells that divide and migrate to form the new epithelial lining

37
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What are the 3 layers of the wall of the vagina?

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  1. Mucosa
    - Stratified squamous epithelium
  2. Muscular
    - Smooth muscle (longitudinal)
  3. Adventitia
38
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Where does the mucus found in the vagina come from?

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Glands of the uterine cervix

39
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DID NOT MAKE CARDS FOR

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MAMMARY GLANDS!