5: Reproductive

Question 1

What is a gamete?

Answer 1

A haploid sex cell

Question 2

What are male gametes called?

Answer 2

Spermatozoa

Question 3

What are female gametes called?

Answer 3

Oocytes / Ova

Question 4

During fertilisation, two haploid gametes fuse to form a diploid ___.

Answer 4

zygote

Question 5

Where in the uterus is the site of fertilisation?

Answer 5

Ampulla

Question 6

The pelvic cavity is ___ with the abdominal cavity.

Answer 6

continuous

Question 7

The pelvic cavity is found between the pelvic ___ and the pelvic ___.

Answer 7

inlet , outlet

Question 8

Where does the pelvic outlet lead to?

Answer 8

The perineum

Question 9

Which type of muscle forms the pelvic floor?

Answer 9

Skeletal muscle

Question 10

What separates the pelvic cavity from the perineum?

Answer 10

Pelvic floor

Question 11

Why are there openings in the pelvic floor?

Answer 11

Allows for passage of alimentary, renal and reproductive tracts

Question 12

What material forms the pelvic roof?

Answer 12

Parietal peritoneum

Question 13

Which area of the pelvis is lined by parietal peritoneum?

Answer 13

Pelvic roof - separates the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity

Question 14

In females, what is the most inferior part of the peritoneal cavity, which can fill with abnormal fluid if a patient stands upright?

Answer 14

Rectouterine pouch / Pouch of Douglas

Question 15

Which pouch is found between the bladder and the uterus?

Answer 15

Vesico-uterine pouch

Question 16

What are the female reproductive organs?

Answer 16

Ovaries

Question 17

What are the four main organs of the female reproductive system?

Answer 17

Ovaries

Uterine tubes

Uterus

Vagina

Question 18

What are the three layers of the uterine wall, from superficial to deep?

Answer 18

Endometrium

Myometrium

Perimetrium

Question 19

Where does fertilisation occur?

Answer 19

In the ampulla

Question 20

Where does implantation occur?

Answer 20

Body of the uterus

Question 21

Which hair-like structures push the ovum into the infundibulum of the uterine tube?

Answer 21

Fimbriae

Question 22

Which hair-like structures move the ovum along the uterine tube?

Answer 22

Cilia

Question 23

What contracts to expel an unfertilisied ovum from the reproductive tract during menstruation?

Answer 23

Myometrium

Question 24

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 24

Occurs when a fertilised ovum implants OUTWITH the uterine cavity

Question 25

Why are ectopic pregnancies dangerous?

Answer 25

**Haemorrhage** possible

Question 26

What **female sterilisation** procedure involves clipping, cutting or cauterising the **uterine tubes**?

Answer 26

**Tubal ligation**

Question 27

Which part of the male reproductive system **holds** the testes?

Answer 27

**Scrotum**

Question 28

Which part of the male reproductive tract **passes urine** and **sperm**?

Answer 28

**Urethra**

Question 29

Where do the testes originate during foetal development?

Answer 29

**Posterior wall of the abdominal cavity**

Question 30

During development, the testes ___ into the scrotum.

Answer 30

**descend**

Question 31

What name is given to the tube that the sperm passes through?

Answer 31

**Vas deferens**

Question 32

Where exactly in the testis is sperm produced?

Answer 32

**Seminiferous tubules**

Question 33

Outline the route taken through the testis by sperm following its production in the **seminiferous tubules**.

Answer 33

**Seminiferous tubules** **⇒** **Rete testis** **⇒ Head of the epididymis** **⇒** **Vas deferens**

Question 34

What structures are found in the **spermatic cord**?

Answer 34

**Vas deferens** **Testicular artery** **Pampiniform plexus** of veins

Question 35

The spermatic cord contains the **vas \_\_\_, ___ artery and ___ plexus** of veins.

Answer 35

**deferens , testicular , pampiniform**

Question 36

Which movement of the testes causes a disrupted blood supply and severe pain?

Answer 36

**Testicular torsion**

Question 37

Which glands produce **seminal fluid**?

Answer 37

**Right and left seminal glands**

Question 38

Which gland is found just **inferior** to the **seminal glands?**

Answer 38

**Prostate gland**

Question 39

What is the function of the **urethra**?

Answer 39

1. Drains **urine** from bladder 2. Passes **semen** during ejaculation

Question 40

What are the main **organs** of the **male reproductive system**?

Answer 40

**Testes** **Vas deferens, seminal glands, prostate gland** and **penis**

Question 41

By which route do the spermatic cords reach the pelvic cavity?

Answer 41

**Inguinal canal**

Question 42

Which **male sterilisation** **procedure** involves the cutting of the vas deferens bilaterally?

Answer 42

**Vasectomy**