Reproductive System

Question 1

Define reproductive system

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A system of organs that’s involved in the process of sexual reproduction

Question 2

What are the parts of reproductive system

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The gonads
The associated ducts
The external genitals

Question 3

What does the female reproductive system consist of ?

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Internal genital organs: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and cervix, vagina
External genital organs: Vulva

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Question 5

What are ovaries ?

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Oval paired bodies

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How does each ovary lie ?

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Lateral to the uterus resting in the lateral wall of the pelvis

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What is each ovary attached to ?

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Uterus by ovarian ligament
Pelvic wall by suspensory ligament

Question 8

What does the ovaries produce ?

Answer 8

The ova
Hormones →estrogen and progesterone

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What is the blood supply of the ovaries ?

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Ovarian artery from the aorta
Ovarian vein → right one pours directly in the inferior vena cava and left one pours into the left renal vein

Question 10

What are fallopian tubes ?

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Paired tubes, attached medially to the superolateral angles of the uterus

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What are the parts of fallopian tubes ?

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Infundibulum
Ampulla
Isthmus

Question 13

Describe infundibulum

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Funnel-shaped, lateral part of the tube

Question 14

What does the infundibulum open into ?

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Opens into the abdominal cavity near the ovary, where it shows branched processes called fimbriae

Question 15

Describe the ampulla

Answer 15

Longest and most tortuous part of the tube
Site of fertilization

Question 16

Describe isthmus

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Narrow, medial 1/3 of the tube

Question 17

What happens when the ovum is expelled from the ovary ?

Answer 17

It’s carried by the fimbriae through the fallopian tube where it gets fertilized to the uterus.
If the ovum got fertilized, it’s implanted in the endometrium, otherwise be shed with the endometrium

Question 18

What is uterus ?

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a pear shaped, hollow, thick-walled muscular organ 6-7cm long and 4cm wide

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What is the position of the uterus ?

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It lies between the urinary bladder anteriorly and the rectum posteriorly

Question 21

What are the parts of the uterus ?

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Fundus
Body
Cervix

Question 22

Explain the fundus part of the uterus

Answer 22

The upper convex part

Question 23

Explain the body part of the uterus

Answer 23

The large, central and bulky part

Question 24

Explain the cervix part of the uterus

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Narrow, neck-like passage at the lower part of the uterus.
It has a superior orifice =internal os and an inferior orifice that opens into the vagina = external os

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What are the ligaments of the uterus ?

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Round ligament - fixes the uterus to the pelvis Broad ligament - covers the uterus

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What is the blood supply of uterus ?

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Uterine vessels

Question 28

What is the function of the uterus ?

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Carries and helps deliver the full-term fetus through contractions of its muscular wall

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Question 30

What is vagina ?

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Elastic, muscular canal, connecting the cervix above to the outside(vestibule) Along its anterior wall, it measures 7.5 cm, while it measures 9cm along its posterior one

Question 31

What is the position of the vagina ?

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It lies between the urinary bladder and urethra anteriorly and rectum posteriorly

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What is the blood supply of vagina ?

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Uterine, ovarian and vaginal arteries Uterine and vaginal veins

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Question 34

What does the male reproductive system consist of ?

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External genital organs - testes, epidydimis, penis Internal genital organs - seminal vesicles, prostate

Question 35

Which part of the male reproductive system is present as external and internal genital organ ?

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Vas deferens

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Question 37

What are testes?

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Paired oval organs lying in the scrotum

Question 38

Each testis is formed of what?

Answer 38

Coiled seminephrous tubules and suspended to the body with the spermatic cord

Question 39

What arises from each testis ?

Answer 39

A number of fine ducts = vasa efferentia

Question 40

What does the vasa efferentia join ?

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A mass of coiled tube called the epididymis

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What does the testes produce?

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The sperms Hormones - testosterone

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What is the blood supply of the testes ?

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Testicular artery - from the aorta Testicular vein - right vein pore directly into the inferior vena cava and the left one pore directly into the left renal vein

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Question 44

What is epidydimis ?

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A comma-shaped organ, lying on the upper end of the testis posteriorly

Question 45

What are the parts of the epidydimis?

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Head → is the large upper end. it lies on the upper end of the testis and is connected to it by vasa efferentia Body → middle part of the epidydimis Tail →the lower part of the epididymis. It is continuous with the vascular deferens

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Question 47

What is vas deferens ?

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Single duct arising from the tail of the epidydimis

Question 48

Where does the vas deferens run ?

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Runs in the spermatic cord upwards, reaching the posterior surface of the urinary bladder where it joins the ducts of the seminal vesicles forming the ejaculatory ducts

Question 49

Where do the ejaculatory duct opens?

Answer 49

In the prostatic urethra

Question 50

What are seminal vesicles ?

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Paired, pyramidal organs lying on the posterior surface of the urinary bladder

Question 51

What do the duct of the seminal vesicles join?

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Joins the vas deferens to form the ejaculatory duct

Question 52

What is the prostate ?

Answer 52

It is a fibromuscular gland

Question 53

Where does the prostate lie ?

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Lies in the true pelvis, below the neck of the urinary bladder surrounding the prostatic urethra

Question 54

What is the prostate pierced by ?

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Urethra - prostatic part The ejaculatory ducts - that join the prostatic urethra

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