Female Reproductive Anatomy

Question 1

What is the blood supply to the vulva?

Answer 1

The internal and external pudendal arteries

Question 2

What is the mesentery of the uterus?

Answer 2

The broad ligament

Question 3

What are the divisions of the broad ligament?

Answer 3

1) Mesovarium; 2) mesosalpinx; 3) mesometrium

Question 4

What does the mesovarium cover?

Answer 4

The ovaries

Question 5

What does the mesosalpinx cover?

Answer 5

The oviducts

Question 6

What does the mesometrium cover?

Answer 6

The uterus

Question 7

What are the two pouches found in the female pelvis?

Answer 7

1) Vesicouterine pouch; 2) rectouterine pouch (of Douglas)

Question 8

What is the shape and size of an ovary?

Answer 8

Shape of an almond, 3cm in length

Question 9

What is the name of the connective tissue capsule that contains the ovary?

Answer 9

The tunica albuginea of the ovary

Question 10

What happens to the appearance of the ovary as a woman ages?

Answer 10

It becomes more scarred in appearance due to follicular rupture at ovulation

Question 11

In what part of the ovary are the ovarian follicles found?

Answer 11

The ovarian cortex

Question 12

What is contained within the ovarian medulla?

Answer 12

Loose connective tissue and blood vessels entering through the hilum

Question 13

How many oocytes does a woman have at puberty?

Answer 13

300 000

Question 14

How many oocytes will a woman ovulate in her lifetime?

Answer 14

450

Question 15

How long is the process of oogenesis?

Answer 15

85 days

Question 16

What is the short ovarian ligament?

Answer 16

A remnant of the ovarian gubernaculum

Question 17

What is the suspensory ligament of ovary continuous with?

Answer 17

Mesovarium

Question 18

What are the ligaments holding the ovary in place?

Answer 18

1) Short ovarian ligament; 2) suspensory ligament of ovary

Question 19

What does the short ovarian ligament tether the ovary to?

Answer 19

The uterus

Question 20

What are the divisions of the oviduct?

Answer 20

Infundibulum; ampulla; isthmus; uterine part

Question 21

In what part of the oviduct does fertilisation occur?

Answer 21

Ampulla

Question 22

What is the position of the uterus?

Answer 22

Anteverted and anteflexed

Question 23

What does anteverted mean?

Answer 23

Tipped anteriosuperiorly relative to the axis of the vagina

Question 24

What does anteflexed mean?

Answer 24

Flexed/bent anteriorly relative to the cervix

Question 25

What are the parts of the uterus?

Answer 25

Body; funds; isthmus; cervix

Question 26

How long is the cervix?

Answer 26

2.5cm

Question 27

What are the different parts of the cervix?

Answer 27

The vaginal part; the supravaginal part

Question 28

What is the length of the uterine cavity, from external os to fundus?

Answer 28

6cm

Question 29

What are the layers of the uterine wall?

Answer 29

1) Perimetrium; 2) myometrium; 3) endometrium

Question 30

How long is the vagina?

Answer 30

7-9cm

Question 31

What are the layers of the vagina?

Answer 31

1) Mucosa; 2) muscular layer; 3) adventitia

Question 32

What are the muscles that compress the vagina?

Answer 32

1) Pubovaginalis; 2) external urethral sphincter; 3) urethrovaginal sphincter; 4) bulbospongiosus

Question 33

What is the ditty for the urethra in females?

Answer 33

'Bridge over water' - i.e. it lies below the uterine vessels, and thus is susceptible to damage during hysterectomy

Question 34

What is the attachment of the round ligament of uterus?

Answer 34

The uterotubal junction anteroinferiorly

Question 35

To where do the uterosacral ligaments attach?

Answer 35

Fromt he posterior sides of the cervix to the middle of the sacrum

Question 36

To where do the cardinal/transverse cervical ligaments attach?

Answer 36

From the supravaginal cervix and lateral fornix of the vagina to the lateral walls of the pelvis

Question 37

What is the function of the vestibular glands?

Answer 37

Secretion of mucus

Question 38

At what age are menstrual cycles the shortest?

Answer 38

In a woman's 30s

Question 39

What are the phases of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 39

1) Follicular phase, 2) ovulation; 3) luteal phase

Question 40

What % of cycles are 28 days long?

Answer 40

15%