Lecture 36: Female reproductive system I

Question 1

What does the female reproductive system have to produce?

Answer 1

Oocytes

Question 2

What does the female reproductive system have to transport, and where to?

Answer 2

Has to transport ova and spermatozoa to the appropriate site for fertilization

Question 3

What does the female reproductive system have to provide a site for?

Answer 3

Developing embryo and fetus to grow

Question 4

What is the female perineum?

Answer 4

The region inferior to the pelvic floor and between the upper region of the thighs

Question 5

What is contained in the female urogenital triangle?

Answer 5

External genitalia (vulva)

Question 6

What is contained in the female anal triangle?

Answer 6

Anus

Question 7

Where is the Mons pubis?

Answer 7

In front of the pubic symphysis

Question 8

What are the labia?

Answer 8

2 lip like structures

Question 9

What are the 2 parts of the labia?

Answer 9

• Major (labia major)

- Minor (labia minora)

Question 10

What are 2 features of the Labia majora?

Answer 10

• Larger

- More lateral

Question 11

What are 2 features of the labia minora?

Answer 11

• Smaller

- More medial

Question 12

What is the space between the labia?

Answer 12

The vestibule

Question 13

Deep to the labia are what?

Answer 13

Vestibular glands

Question 14

What is the function of the vestibular glands?

Answer 14

Lubricate the vaginal orifice

Question 15

Labia minora spread around what?

Answer 15

Around the vagina and the urethral (meatus) opening

Question 16

What is the clitoris?

Answer 16

Complex erectile organ

Question 17

What are the sections of the clitoris?

4

Answer 17

• Glans
• Body
• 2 Cura
• 2 bulbs

Question 18

The clitoris is developmentally homologous to what?

Answer 18

The penis

Question 19

The urethra does not what?

Answer 19

Pass through the clitoris

Question 20

What are the parts of the female reproductive tract?

5

Answer 20

• Ovary
• Uterine tubes
• Uterus
• Cervix
• Vagina

Question 21

What are the 3 portions of the uterine tube?

Answer 21

• Infundibulum
• Ampulla
• Isthmus

Question 22

What is the most lateral portion of the uterine tube?

Answer 22

The infundibulum

Question 23

What is the shape of the infundibulum?

Answer 23

Funnel shaped with finger like projections called fimbriae

Question 24

What is the mid-portion of the uterine tube?

Answer 24

Ampulla

Question 25

What is the ampulla?

Answer 25

The dilated area where fertilisation occurs (normally)

Question 26

What is the most medial portion of the uterine tube?

Answer 26

Isthmus

Question 27

What does isthmus mean?

Answer 27

Narrow passage

Question 28

What are the 3 layers of the uterus?

Answer 28

- Perimetrium - Myometrium - Endometrium

Question 29

What is the perimetium?

Answer 29

Outer layer of the uterus (connective tissue)

Question 30

What is the myometrium?

Answer 30

Middle layer of the uterus (smooth muscle)

Question 31

What is the endometrium?

Answer 31

Inner layer (columnar epithelium, uterine glands and arteries) the layer that grows and sheds during the menstrual cycle

Question 32

What does the cervival canal provide?

Answer 32

A passage between the uterine cavity and vagina

Question 33

What are the 3 parts of the cervical canal?

Answer 33

- External os - Cervival canal - Internal os

Question 34

What does the cervix produce?

Answer 34

Mucus

Question 35

What does the cervical mucus regulate?

Answer 35

Sperm transport

Question 36

What is the vagina?

Answer 36

A fibromuscular, distensible female copulatory organ

Question 37

What does the vagina also function as part of?

Answer 37

The birth canal

Question 38

Where does the vagina lie?

Answer 38

Between the urinary bladder and rectum

Question 39

Where does the vagina extend?

Answer 39

From the perineum to the cervix

Question 40

What does the blood supply to the vagina branch directly off?

Answer 40

The abdominal aorta and internal iliac arteries

Question 41

What does the uterine Artery branch into?

Answer 41

Arcuate artery

Question 42

What does the arcuate artery branch into?

Answer 42

Radial artery

Question 43

What does the radial artery branch into?

Answer 43

Spiral artery

Question 44

What does the spiral artery branch into?

Answer 44

Straight artery

Question 45

What kind of structure is the ovary?

Answer 45

Bilateral

Question 46

Where are the ovaries? | 2

Answer 46

- Lateral and posterior to the uterus | - Lateral portion of the true pelvic cavity

Question 47

What is the ovary made from? | 2

Answer 47

- Outer cortex (follicles) | - Inner medulla (connective tissue, blood/lymphatic vessels, nerves)

Question 48

What is the ovary the site of?

Answer 48

Oogenesis and hormone production (e.g. oestradiol)

Question 49

Where do oocytes develop?

Answer 49

Within follicles

Question 50

What is the function of the breasts?

Answer 50

To nourish infants

Question 51

Where do the breasts lie?

Answer 51

On the pectorals major muscles

Question 52

What do estradiol and progesterone stimulate?

Answer 52

The development of breast tissue

Question 53

What do lobes of the breast lead to?

Answer 53

Lobules

Question 54

What do lobules of the breast lead to?

Answer 54

Alveoli

Question 55

What do Alveoli of the breast lead to?

Answer 55

Lactiferous ducts

Question 56

What do lactiferous ducts of the breast lead to?

Answer 56

Lactiferous sinuses

Question 57

Where do lactiferous sinuses open at?

Answer 57

Nipple pores

Question 58

What do suspensory ligaments support?

Answer 58

The breast