Flashcards in XVI - Female Reproductive System Deck (37):
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Ovaries: ovarian follicles, simple cuboidal surface or germinal epithelium
outer cortex
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Ovaries: Loose connective tissue and large blood vessels
inner medulla
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Ovaries: increase in size, 80% of corpus luteum, aromatase conversion of androstenedione to estradiol
granulosa lutein cells
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Theca lutein cells, produce large amounts of progesterone and androstenedione
theca interna
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Ovaries: maintained by hCG for 4-5 months
corpus luteum of pregnancy
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Scar of connective tissue that forms at the site of a corpus luteum after its involution
corpus ablicans
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Fallopian Tubes: funnel-shaped with finger-like extensions (fimbriae)
infundibulum
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Fallopian Tubes: longest and expanded region where fertilization usually occurs
ampulla
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Fallopian Tubes: narrow part near the uterus
isthmus
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Fallopian Tubes: fused with uterus
intramural
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Fallopian Tubes: Mucosa
simple columnar epithelium in numerous branching, longitudinal folds
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Fallopian Tubes: ciliary movements sweep fluid toward the uterus
ciliated cells
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Fallopian Tubes: non-ciliated, secretes glycoproteins of nutritive mucus film that covers the epithelium
secretory peg cells
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Uterus: outer connective tissue layer
perimetrium
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Uterus: thick tunic of highly vascularized smooth muscle interwoven layers
myometrium
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Uterus: mucosa lined with simple columnar epithelium
endometrium
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Endometrium: supplied by straight arteries
basal layer
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Endometrium: supplied by spiral arteries, progesterone sensitive
functional layer
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Embryo Implantation: between implanted embryo and myometrium
decidua basalis
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Embryo Implantation: between embryo and uterine lumen which thins as the embryo grows larger
decidua capsularis
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Embryo Implantation: on the side of the uterus away from the embryo
decidua parietalis
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Embryo Implantation: site of exchange fro nutrients, wastes, oxygen and carbon dioxide between the mother and fetus and contains tissues from both
placenta
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Placenta: embryonic part
chorion
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Placenta: maternal part
decidua basalis
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Embryo Implantation: endocrine organ, produces hCG, a lactogen, relaxin, growth factors, estrogen, progesterone
placenta
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Lower cylindrical part of the uterus
cervix
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Cervix: simple columnar epithelium with many large, branched, mucus-secreting cervical glands
endocervical mucosa
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Cervix: area just outside the external os that shifts slightly with the cyclical changes in uterine size
transformation zone
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Cervix: non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium continuous with that of the vagina
ectocervical mucosa
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Cervix: mucus changes cyclically under the influence of
progesterone
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Vaginal wall lacks
glands
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Vaginal Wall Layers
mucosa (stratified squamous), muscular layer, adventitia
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Female External Genitalia: Epithelium
stratified squamous
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Female External Genitalia: space whose wall includes tubulo-acinar vestibular glands
vestibule
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Female External Genitalia: homologous and histologically similar to the skin of the scrotum
labia majora
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Female External Genitalia: homologous to penis
clitoris
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