5 female reproductive tract anatomy (lecture)

Question 1

main structures of female reproductive tract?

Answer 1

ovary
uterus + uterine (fallopian) tube
vagina + external genitalia

Question 2

where do gonads develop?

Answer 2

within the mesonephric ridge

Question 3

descent of the ovaries?

Answer 3

descend through the abdomen

but stop in the pelvis

Question 4

arterial supply of ovaries?

Answer 4

direct branches of abdo aorta (gonadal arteries)

Question 5

venous drainage of L + R ovarian vein?

Answer 5

R: IVC
left: left renal vein

Question 6

parts of the uterus?

Answer 6

fundus
body
uterine tubes
cervix

Question 7

anterior peritoneal pouches to uterus?

Answer 7

uterovesical pouch (between bladder and uterus)

Question 8

posterior peritoneal pouch of uterus?

Answer 8

rectouterine pouch (pouch of douglas)

Question 9

what are fornix of the vagina?

Answer 9

the superior portions of the vagina, extending into the recesses created by the vaginal portion of cervix

Question 10

peritoneal recesses in male?

Answer 10

rectovesical pouch

Question 11

which ducts are involved in the development of the uterus?

Answer 11

paramesonephric ducts

Question 12

where do paramesonephric ducts open?

Answer 12

cranially

Question 13

what do paramesonephric ducts connect to caudally?

Answer 13

urogenital sinus

Question 14

how do paramesonephric ducts persist?

Answer 14

in the absence of MIH (from testes)

Mullerian = paramesonephric (female)

Question 15

what do fusion of the paramesonephric ducts in the midline create?

Answer 15

a broad transverse fold draped by peritoneum

the broad transverse fold becomes the uterus, 2 tubes coming together to form 1 big compartment - the uterus

Question 16

which duct regresses in the developmeng of paramesonephric ducts?

Answer 16

mesonephric duct (MIH)

Question 17

what is the broad ligament in females?

Answer 17

peritoneal fold in the female pelvis

Question 18

what is the broad ligament mesentery of?

Answer 18

uterus, uterine tube and ovary (suspend from posterior abdominal wall - retroperitoneum)

Question 19

what are the 3 ligaments contained within the broad ligament?

Answer 19

ovarian ligament
round ligament of uterus
suspensory ligament of the ovary

Question 20

embryonic origin of round ligament?

Answer 20

gubernaculum

Question 21

what does round ligament attach to?

Answer 21

ovary and labium majora

Question 22

where does round ligament travel through?

Answer 22

inguinal canal

Question 23

uterus position with respect to Vagina?

Answer 23

anteVerted (inclined forwards)

Question 24

uterus position with respect to cerviX?

Answer 24

antefleXed (pointing relatively forwards)

Question 25

anatomical contents of the uterine tube?

Answer 25

abdominal ostium
fimbria
infundibulum
ampulla
isthmus