The Pelvis Part 3 Female

Question 1

What are the organs which produce gametes?

Answer 1

Primary sex organs:
•Testes
•Ovaries

Question 2

What are those structures that are essential in caring for and transporting gametes and in women for the implantation and development of the fertilized egg?

Answer 2

Secondary sex organs

Question 3

What are the characteristics that are not essential for the reproductive process but are generally considered sexually attractant features?

Answer 3

Secondary sexual characteristics

Question 4

What structures that are derived from common developmental structures and serve common functions in adult?

Answer 4

Homologues

Question 5

What are the primary reproductive organs?

Answer 5

Gonads:
•ovaries
•testes

Question 6

What do primary reproductive organs produce?

Answer 6

Gametes

Question 7

What is the diamond shaped area of the pelvis that is between the thighs?

Answer 7

Perineum

Question 8

What are the skeletal landmarks of the perineum?

Answer 8

•Pubic symphysis
•Ischial tuberosities
•Coccyx

Question 9

What is the anterior triangle of the perineum?

Answer 9

Urogenital triangle

Question 10

What is the posterior triangle of the perineum?

Answer 10

Anal triangle

Question 11

As the peritoneum folds around the various pelvic organs, it produces two major dead end recesses or pouches. What is the anterior pouch formed between the uterus and the urinary bladder?

Answer 11

Vesicouterine pouch

Question 12

What is the posterior pouch formed between the uterus and the rectum?

Answer 12

Rectouterine pouch

Question 13

What are the primary sex organs of the female?

Answer 13

Ovaries

Question 14

What are the accessory sec organs of the female?

Answer 14

•Uterine tubes
•Uterus
•Vagina
•Clitoris
•Mammary glands

Question 15

Where are the ovaries located?

Answer 15

Within the pelvic cavity lateral to the uterus

Question 16

What ligament of the uterus is a peritoneal drape over the uterus?

Answer 16

Broad ligament

Question 17

What double fold of peritoneum attaches to each ovary at the Hilum of the ovary and secures the ovary to the broad ligament?

Answer 17

Mesovarium

Question 18

What is the rounded cord of fibrous and muscular tissue extending from each superior angle of the uterus to the inner extremity of the ovary of the same side?

Answer 18

Ovarian ligament

Question 19

What structure attached to the lateral edge of each ovary and projects superolaterally to the pelvic wall?

Answer 19

Suspensory ligament

Question 20

What structures extend from both sides of the uterus toward the ovaries?

Answer 20

Uterine tubes

Question 21

What structure surrounds the uterine tubes and anchors it to the broad ligament?

Answer 21

Mesosalpinx

Question 22

What are the numerous finger like folds at the lateral margin of the uterine tube?

Answer 22

Fimbriae

Question 23

What is the free funnel shaped lateral margin of the uterine tube?

Answer 23

Infundibulum

Question 24

What is the longest tapered portion of the uterine tube?

Answer 24

Ampulla

Question 25

What is the distal narrow portion of the uterine tube that attaches to the uterus?

Answer 25

Isthmus

Question 26

What is the pear shaped think walked muscular organ within the pelvic cavity of the female?

Answer 26

Uterus

Question 27

What is the broad curved superior region of the uterus extending between the lateral attachments of the uterine tubes?

Answer 27

Fundus

Question 28

What is the major middle region of the uterus?

Answer 28

Body

Question 29

What is the narrow transition zone of the uterus between the body and the cervix?

Answer 29

Isthmus

Question 30

What is the narrow inferior portion of the uterus that projects into the vagina?

Answer 30

Cervix

Question 31

What is the internal opening of the cervix?

Answer 31

Internal os

Question 32

What is the narrow channel within the cervix of the uterus?

Answer 32

Cervical canal

Question 33

What is the opening of the cervical canal that empties into the vagina canal?

Answer 33

External os

Question 34

Collectively what are the muscles of the pelvic floor that support the uterus?

Answer 34

Pelvic diaphragm

Question 35

What structures run from the lateral sides of the uterus through the inguinal canal and attach to the labia majora?

Answer 35

Round ligaments

Question 36

What ligaments of the uterus run from the sides of the cervix and superior vagina laterally to the walls of the pelvis and restrict inferior movement of the uterus?

Answer 36

Transverse cervical ligaments

Question 37

What ligaments connect the uterus to the sacrum?

Answer 37

Uterosacral ligaments

Question 38

What ligament of the uterus is a peritoneal drape over the uterus?

Answer 38

Broad ligament

Question 39

What artery supplies the uterus?

Answer 39

Uterine artery

Question 40

What is the outer layer of the uterus?

Answer 40

Perimetrium

Question 41

What is the think middle tunic of the uterus composed of smooth muscle?

Answer 41

Myometrium

Question 42

What is the inner most tunic of the uterus?

Answer 42

Endometrium

Question 43

What fibromuscular tube of the female reproductive system that serves as both the copulatory organ and birth canal?

Answer 43

Vagina

Question 44

What is the external opening of the vagina?

Answer 44

Vaginal orifice

Question 45

Where is the vaginal orifice located?

Answer 45

Between the labia minora

Question 46

What structure is formed by mucosal folds that project into the lumen of the vagina to form a vascularized membranous barrier?

Answer 46

Hymen

Question 47

What is the name of the small pair of glands posterior to the female urethra?

Answer 47

•Paraurethral glands •Skenes glands

Question 48

What is the collective term for the external genitalia of the female?

Answer 48

Vulva

Question 49

What is an expanse of skin and subcutaneous connective tissue immediately anterior to the pubic symphysis in the female?

Answer 49

Mons pubis

Question 50

What are the paired thickened folds of skin and connective tissue on the lateral sides of the female external genitalia?

Answer 50

Labia majora

Question 51

What are the paired medial folds of skin and connective tissue of the female external genitalia?

Answer 51

Labia minora

Question 52

What is the name of the small glands found on the posterolateral aspect of the vagina opening?

Answer 52

Greater vestibular glands Bartholins glands

Question 53

What is the small erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva? It is homologous to the penis?

Answer 53

Clitoris