female perineum and reproductive system

Question 1

What are the organs which produce gametes?

Answer 1

Primary sex organs (gonads)
testes
ovaries

Question 2

What are those structures that are essential in caring for and transporting gametes and in women for the implantation and development of the fertilized egg?

Answer 2

Secondary (accessory) sex organs

Question 3

What are the characteristics that are not essential for the reproductive process but are generally considered sexually attractant features?

Answer 3

Secondary sexual characteristics

Question 4

What are structures that are derived from common developmental structures (primordial) and serve common functions in adults?

Answer 4

Homologues

Question 5

What are the primary reproductive organs?

Answer 5

Gonads
ovaries
testes

Question 6

What do primary reproductive organs produce

Answer 6

gametes

Question 7

What are structures that carry gametes away from the gonads toward the site of fertilization or to the outside of the body?

Answer 7

Secondary (accessory) reproductive organs

Question 8

What are three medical terms for sexual union?

Answer 8

Copulation
Coitus
Sexual intercourse

Question 9

What is the diamond-shaped area of the pelvis that is between the thighs?

Answer 9

Perineum

Question 10

What are the skeletal landmarks of the perineum?

Answer 10

Pubic symphysis
Ischial tuberosities
Coccyx

Question 11

What is the anterior triangle of the perinerum

Answer 11

Urogenital triangle

Question 12

What is the posterior triangle of the perineum?

Answer 12

Anal triangle

Question 13

As the peritoneum folds around the various pelvic organs, it produces two major dead-end recesses or pouches. What is the anterior pouch formed between the uterus and the urinary bladder?

Answer 13

Vesicouterine pouch

Question 14

As the peritoneum folds around the various pelvic organs, it produces two major dead-end recesses or pouches. What is the posterior pouch formed between the uterus and the rectum?

Answer 14

Rectouterine pouch

Question 15

What are the primary sex organs of the female?

Answer 15

Ovaries

Question 16

What are the accessory sex organs of the female?

Answer 16

Uterine tubes
Uterus
Vagina
Clitoris
Mammary glands*

Question 17

Where are the ovaries located?

Answer 17

Within the pelvic cavity lateral to the uterus

Question 18

What ligament of the uterus is a peritoneal drape over the uterus?

Answer 18

Broad ligament

Question 19

What double fold of peritoneum attaches to each ovary at the hilum of the ovary and secures the ovary to the broad ligament?

Answer 19

Mesovarium

Question 20

What is the rounded cord of fibrous and muscular tissue extending from each superior angle of the uterus to the inner extremity of the ovary of the same side?

Answer 20

Ovarian ligament

Question 21

What structure attaches to the lateral edge of each ovary and projects superolaterally to the pelvic wall?

Answer 21

Suspensory ligament

Question 22

What structures extend from both sides of the uterus toward the ovaries?

Answer 22

Uterine tubes (fallopian tubes, oviducts)

Question 23

What structure surrounds the uterine tubes and anchors it to the broad ligament?

Answer 23

Mesosalpinx

Question 24

What are the numerous fingerlike folds at the lateral marginn of the uterine tube?

Answer 24

Fimbriae

Question 25

What is the free, funnel-shaped, lateral margin of the uterine tube?

Answer 25

Infundibulum

Question 26

What is the longest, tapered portion of the uterine tube?

Answer 26

Ampulla

Question 27

What is the distal, narrow portion of the uterine tube that attaches to the uterus?

Answer 27

Isthmus

Question 28

What is the pear-shaped, thick-walled, muscular organ within the pelvic cavity of the female?

Answer 28

Uterus

Question 29

What is the broad, curved, superior region of the uterus extending between the lateral attachments of the uterine tubes?

Answer 29

Fundus

Question 30

What is the major, middle region of the uterus?

Answer 30

Body

Question 31

What is the narrow transition zone of the uterus between the body and the cervix?

Answer 31

Isthmus

Question 32

What is the narrow, inferior portion of the uterus that projects into the vagina?

Answer 32

Cervix

Question 33

What is the internal opening of the cervix?

Answer 33

Internal os

Question 34

What is the narrow channel within the cervix of the uterus?

Answer 34

Cervical canal

Question 35

What is the opening of the cervical canal that empties into the vaginal canal?

Answer 35

External os

Question 36

Collectively what are the muscles of the pelvic floor that support the uterus?

Answer 36

Pelvic diaphragm

Question 37

What structures run from the lateral sides of the uterus, through the inguinal canal and attach to the labia majora?

Answer 37

round ligaments

Question 38

What ligaments connect the uterus to the sacrum?

Answer 38

Uterosacral ligaments

Question 38

What ligaments of the uterus run from the sides of the cervix and superior vagina laterally to the walls of the pelvis and restrict inferior movement of the uterus?

Answer 38

Transverse cervical ligaments

Question 39

What ligament of the uterus is a peritoneal drape over the uterus?

Answer 39

Broad ligament

Question 40

What artery supplies the uterus?

Answer 40

Uterine artery

Question 41

What is the outer layer of the uterus?

Answer 41

Perimetrium

Question 42

What is the thick, middle tunic of the uterus composed of smooth muscle?

Answer 42

Myometrium

Question 43

What is the inner most tunic of the uterus?

Answer 43

Endometrium

Question 44

What is the fibromuscular tube of the female reproductive system that serves as both the copulatory organ and the birth canal?

Answer 44

Vagina

Question 45

What is the external opening of the vagina?

Answer 45

Vaginal orifice

Question 46

Where is the vaginal orifice located?

Answer 46

Between the labia minora, also known as the "introitus"

Question 47

What structure is formed by mucosal folds that project into the lumen of the vagina to form a vascularized, membranous barrier?

Answer 47

Hymen

Question 48

What is the name of the small pair of glands posterior to the female urethra?

Answer 48

Paraurethral glands Skene's glands

Question 49

What is the collective term for the external genitalia of the female?

Answer 49

Vulva

Question 50

What is an expanse of skin and subcutaneous connective tissue immediately anterior to the pubic symphysis in the female?

Answer 50

Mons pubis

Question 51

What are the paired, thickened folds of skin and connective tissue on the lateral sides of the female external genitalia?

Answer 51

Labia majora

Question 52

What are the paired medial folds of skin and connective tissue of the female external genitalia?

Answer 52

Labia minora

Question 53

What is the name of the small glands found on the posterolateral aspect of the vaginal opening?

Answer 53

Greater vestibular glands

Question 54

What is the small erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva? It is homologous to the penis?

Answer 54

Clitoris