Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the male and female gamete known as?

Answer 1

Male- spermatozoa

Female- oocyte or ovum

Question 2

What is produced by the male and female gonads?

Answer 2

Female- ovaries

Male- testis

Question 3

Where does fertilisation occur?

Answer 3

Ampulla of uterine tube

Question 4

Where does the pelvic cavity lie within?

Answer 4

The body pelvis

Question 5

The pelvic cavity is continuous with what?

Answer 5

Abdominal cavity

Question 6

The pelvic floor is an internal wall of what kind of muscle?

Answer 6

Skeletal

Question 7

What does the pelvic floor separate?

Answer 7

Pelvic cavity and perineum

Question 8

Where is the perineum found?

Answer 8

Inferior to the pelvic floor

Question 9

What are the 3 possible openings in the pelvic floor for?

Answer 9

Renal, reproductive and alimentary canals

Question 10

What is the pelvic roof formed by?

Answer 10

Parietal peritoneum

Question 11

What is the most inferior part of the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 11

Rectouterine pouch (of Douglas)

Question 12

The inferior part of the parietal peritoneum forms the floor of what and the roof of what?

Answer 12

Floor- peritoneal cavity

Roof- over pelvic organs

Question 13

Where is the vesico-uterine pouch found between?

Answer 13

Bladder and uterus

Question 14

Where will any abnormal fluid in the peritoneal cavity collect?

Answer 14

Pouch of Douglas

Question 15

What are the 3 female orifices of the perineum?

Answer 15

External urethral orifice, vaginal orifice, anus

Question 16

What are the female reproductive organs?

Answer 16

Ovaries

Question 17

What are accessory female reproductive organs?

Answer 17

Uterine tubes, uterus, vagina

Question 18

What are the three layers of the uterus wall?

Answer 18

Perimetrium, myometrium, endometrium

Question 19

Where does the ovum develop?

Answer 19

Ovaries

Question 20

In each menstrual cycle, how many ovum are released from the ovary to where?

Answer 20

1 ovum released from ovary to peritoneal cavity

Question 21

What moves the ova along the uterine tube?

Answer 21

Cilia

Question 22

Where does implantation occur?

Answer 22

Body of the uterus

Question 23

During menstruation, the contractions of what to expel the unfertilised ovum cause pain?

Answer 23

Myometrium of uterus wall

Question 24

What gland plays an important role in regulating female hormone production?

Answer 24

Pituitary gland

Question 25

What happens in an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 25

An fertilised ovum implants NOT in the uterine cavity

Question 26

Where are the common and uncommon implantations of an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 26

Common- uterine tube | Uncommon- abdomen

Question 27

Why is an ectopic pregnancy a medical emergency?

Answer 27

Danger of haemorrhage

Question 28

How can STIs spread to the peritoneum and what can this cause?

Answer 28

Spread through the uterus and uterine tubes to the peritoneal cavity causing peritonitis

Question 29

STIs can cause infertility by blocking what?

Answer 29

Uterine tubes

Question 30

How does female steralisation work?

Answer 30

Uterine tubes are clipped, cut or cauterised

Question 31

In what state is the anatomical position of the penis?

Answer 31

Erect

Question 32

Where are the testes contained?

Answer 32

Scrotum

Question 33

What passes in the urethra?

Answer 33

Urine and sperm

Question 34

During development, the testes develop where?

Answer 34

The posterior wall of the abdominal cavity

Question 35

By birth, the testis have descended into the scrotum through what?

Answer 35

The inguinal canal

Question 36

What is the tube that the sperm pass through from the testis into scrotum?

Answer 36

Vas deferens

Question 37

Where is sperm produced?

Answer 37

Seminiferous tubules

Question 38

What muscle helps keep sperm temperature 1 degree lower than normal?

Answer 38

Dartos muscle

Question 39

What do sperm pass into before the epididymis?

Answer 39

Rete testis

Question 40

What does the epididymis become?

Answer 40

Vas deferens

Question 41

Where is the Dartos muscle found?

Answer 41

Superficial fascia of scrotom

Question 42

What gland plays an important role in regulating male hormones?

Answer 42

Pituitary

Question 43

What vessels does the spermatic cord contain?

Answer 43

Vas deferens, testicular artery, pampiniform plexus

Question 44

What is torsion of the testis and what can it cause?

Answer 44

Twisting of the spermatic cord- disrupts blood supply, severe pain, danger of necrosis

Question 45

What produces seminal fluid?

Answer 45

Seminal glands

Question 46

What does the urethra do?

Answer 46

Drains urine from bladder and passes semen in ejaculation

Question 47

How many cylinders of erectile tissue become engorged with blood during erection?

Answer 47

3

Question 48

What are the male reproductive organs?

Answer 48

Testes

Question 49

What are the male accessory reproductive organs?

Answer 49

Vas deferens, seminal glands, prostate gland and penis

Question 50

Where do the sperm develop?

Answer 50

Testis

Question 51

The sperm pass from the testes via what?

Answer 51

Vas deferens

Question 52

What forms the ejaculatory duct?

Answer 52

Vas deferens and seminal gland duct

Question 53

What are the components of semen?

Answer 53

Sperm and seminal fluid

Question 54

The right and left ejaculatory ducts join where?

Answer 54

Within the prostate gland and then into urethra

Question 55

Where does the urethra open?

Answer 55

External urethral meatus of penis

Question 56

What is a vasectomy?

Answer 56

Male sterilisation

Question 57

What is transected and lumen sutured closed bilaterally in a vasectomy?

Answer 57

Vas deferens