Female Reproductive System

Question 1

Female Reproductive organs are located in the _______

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

_______ _____ are located in two rows along the outside of the abdomen, running from the groin to the chest

Answer 2

mammary glands

Question 3

The right and left ovaries are located just behind the _______

Answer 3

kidneys

Question 4

The _______ _____ shields the ovary from the peritoneal environment and provides a fluid chamber for oocytes development and ovarian function

Answer 4

ovarian bursa

Question 5

• Female gonads
  – Where the maturation of the female germ cells occur
  – Hormone production (estrogen & progesterone)
• smooth in appearance before estrus (estrus usually occurs in dogs between 6 – 9 months of age) but are rough and nodular bitches which have had several whelpings

Answer 5

Ovaries

Question 6

ovary is divided into: (2)

Answer 6

-medulla or zona vasculosa

-cortex

Question 7

*The ovary is divided into:

an inner part that contains blood vessels, nerves and lymphatics

Answer 7

medulla or zona vasculosa

Question 8

*The ovary is divided into:

an outer part which is the _______ that consists of connective tissue stroma which contains a large number of _________; the connective tissue condenses to form the ______ _________. This is covered by peritoneum called the ___________ ________ of the _____

Answer 8

cortex

follicles

tunica albuginea

superficial epithelium of the ovary.

Question 9

In the ___ and ___, ovaries do not migrate in development. They remain in the dorsal part of the abdomen, caudal to the kidneys at the tip of the uterine horns.

In other domestic species, the ovaries migrate during development.

Answer 9

dog and cat

Question 10

Blood Supply of ovary (2)

Answer 10

Ovarian artery (major)

uterine artery

Question 11

_____ _______ vein drains blood into thr left renal vein while the right ovarian vein drains into the caudal vena cava

Answer 11

Left ovarian

Question 12

• Or oviduct or fallopian tube
• transports oocytes or ova to the uterus

Answer 12

Uterine Tube

Question 13

the ovarian end of the oviduct is near the edge of the ovarian bursa called the _____________. This presents finger-like structures along its edge which are termed ________. During ovulation, this become swollen and are capable of movement so that they may engulf the ovulated oocyte into the uterine tube.

Answer 13

infundibulum

fimbriae

Question 14

*Layers of the uterine tube

which is the innermost layer made up of ciliated columnar epithelium; movement of the cilia is directed toward the uterine horns.

Answer 14

tunica mucosa

Question 15

• the organ of pregnancy as this is where implantation and development of the fetus occurs
• a tubular Y-shaped organ that communicates with the oviduct cranially and the vagina caudally

Answer 15

Uterus

Question 16

Parts of the uterus (3)

Answer 16

• horns or cornua
• body or corpus
• neck or cervix

Question 17

*Part of the uterus

entirely located within the abdominal cavity; right horn is slightly larger than the left
- the tips are connected to the ovary by the proper ligament and indirectly by the broad ligament

Answer 17

horns or cornua

Question 18

*Part of the uterus

usually located at the abdominal and pelvic cavities but a large part lies within the abdomen

Answer 18

body or corpus

Question 19

*Part of the uterus

thickened portion; may be open or close depending on the stage of reproduction (in pregnant animals – close ; non- pregnant – open); it opens into the body of the uterus at the internal uterine orifice and opens into the vagina via the external uterine orifice.

Answer 19

neck or cervix

Question 20

(Previously Bipartite Uteri) __________ ______ have a relatively small uterine body and two uterine horns of varying development.

Answer 20

Bicornuate uterus (of Dogs)

Question 21

contraction of the uterine muscles during labor propels the fetus from the ____ of the uterus into the _____

Answer 21

body

vagina

Question 22

contraction of abdominal muscles and vaginal muscles results to final _________ of the _____

Answer 22

expulsion of the fetus

Question 23

*Blood supply

Uterine branch of the ________ artery supplies the cranial parts of the Uterine horns.

Answer 23

Ovarian artery

Question 24

Uterine artery supplies the rest of the uterine horns and the uterine body. This is a branch off the Internal Iliac artery in most domestic species, except the _____ where instead it is a branch off the External Iliac artery. The Uterine artery and the Ovarian artery anastomose within the Broad ligament.

Answer 24

Mare

Question 25

* Part of the reproductive tract between cervix and vulva * With the vestibule and vulva, it is the female’s copulatory organ and the birth canal * its mucosa presents longitudinal folds or rugae

Answer 25

Vagina

Question 26

Walls of vagina consists of (3)

Answer 26

t. mucosa t. muscularis, t.serosa

Question 27

*External genitalia space connecting the vagina to external genital opening a. Has both urinary and reproductive canal openings

Answer 27

vestibule

Question 28

*External genitalia homologue of the penis; divided into: 1. roots or crura 2. body or corpus 3. glans clitoridis

Answer 28

clitoris

Question 29

*External genitalia consist of two labia and the external urogenital orifice (rima pudenda); the labia are homologous to scrotum; the labia fuse dorsally and ventrally to form the dorsal and ventral commissure, respectively

Answer 29

vulva

Question 30

*Average dog heat cycle bleeding and swelling of vulva

Answer 30

Stage 1 Proestrus (9 days)

Question 31

*Average dog heat cycle when she can mate and become pregnant

Answer 31

Stage 2 Estrus (9 days)

Question 32

*Average dog heat cycle She's no longer fertile and may be pregnant

Answer 32

Stage 3 Diestrus (60 days)

Question 33

*Average dog heat cycle time for uterine repair before the next proestrus

Answer 33

Stage 4 Anestrus (6 months)

Question 34

body of the clitoris consists primarily of fatty tissue instead of ________ tissue

Answer 34

erectile

Question 35

elongated erectile tissue called ___________ _____ lie deep to the vestibular mucosa near the corpus clitoridia and they correspond to the bulb of the penis in the male

Answer 35

vestibular bulbs

Question 36

Layers of the uterine tube

Answer 36

tunica serosa tunica muscularis tunica mucosa