Canine Female Repro

Question 1

The ovary lives in what structure?

Answer 1

Ovarian bursa

Question 2

What type of uterus do animals that bare litters have?

Answer 2

Bicornuate uterus

Question 3

Which portions of the female reproductive system live in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 3

• ovary (in ovarian bursa)
• uterine tube
• uterus (horn, body, cervix)

Question 4

Which portions of the female reproductive system live in the pelvic cavity?

Answer 4

• vagina
• vestibule

Question 5

Which portions of the female reproductive system live in the perineum?

Answer 5

• vestibule
• vulva

Question 6

What are the female gonads that are located caudal to each kidney?

Answer 6

ovary

Question 7

Which organ normally has an oval shape but the size and the surface can change according with the female cycles?

Answer 7

ovary

Question 8

The endocrine portion of the ovary produces what hormones?

Answer 8

• estrogen
• progesterone

Question 9

What organ produces the ova (eggs)?

Answer 9

Ovary

Question 10

Since the ovary is a solid organ, it lacks what?

Answer 10

a lumen

Question 11

Is the ovary surface covered by a visceral peritoneum?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

What is expelled during ovulation and passes into the peritoneal cavity and then travels inside the infundibulum of the uterine tube?

Answer 12

Oocyte

Question 13

The ovaries are held by what ligament?

Answer 13

suspensory ligament

Question 14

What is the anatomical structure similar to the uterine tube?

Answer 14

colon

Question 15

What is the narrow membranous tube with an abdominal opening which receives the ova?

Answer 15

uterine tube (salpinx)

Question 16

What are the three main portions of the uterine tube?

Answer 16

• infundibulum with fimbriae
• ampulla
• isthmus

Question 17

The uterine tube connects with which end of the uterine horn?

Answer 17

most cranial end

Question 18

Describe the path an oocyte takes once ovulated.

Answer 18

• ovulates from ovary
• passes abdominal ostium
• caught by the infundibulum with fimbriae
• passes through ampulla
• fertilization occurs at ampulla/isthmus junction
• passes through isthmus
• passes through tubouterine junction into uterine horn

Question 19

The uterus is formed by three main layers of tissue. List them.

Answer 19

• perimetrium (visceral)
• myometrium (smooth muscle)
• endometrium (mucosa)

Question 20

The uterus is formed by four main parts. List them.

Answer 20

• cervix
• uterine body
• two uterine horns (right and left)

Question 21

Is the uterine body short or long in carnivores?

Answer 21

Short

Question 22

The uterine body caudally communicates with what structure?

Answer 22

cervix

Question 23

What is the duct that connects the uterus with the vagina?

Answer 23

cervical canal

Question 24

What is the exit of the cervical canal oriented toward the body of the uterus?

Answer 24

internal uterine ostium

Question 25

What is the exit of the cervical canal oriented toward the vagina?

Answer 25

external uterine ostium

Question 26

What is the double plica of the peritoneum which maintains ovary, uterine tube, and uterus in postision?

Answer 26

Broad ligament

Question 27

What are the three layers of the broad ligament?

Answer 27

- mesosalpinx - mesovarium - mesometrium

Question 28

What is the peritoneal sac that encloses the ovary and is formed by extensions of the mesovarium and mesosalpinx?

Answer 28

ovarian bursa

Question 29

Does the opening of the ovarian bursa lie medial, lateral, cranial, or caudal?

Answer 29

Medial

Question 30

What are the ligaments of the ovary and uterus?

Answer 30

- suspensory ligament of the ovary - proper ligament of the ovary - round ligament of the uterus

Question 31

What ligament connects the ovary to the abdominal wall in proximities to the caudal pole of the kidneys?

Answer 31

suspensory ligament

Question 32

What short and dense ligament connects the caudal pole of the ovary with the cranial extremity of the uterine horn?

Answer 32

proper ligament

Question 33

What band of connective tissue extends from the ovary to the inguinal canal?

Answer 33

Round ligament

Question 34

What structure lies between the cervix and urethral tubercle?

Answer 34

vagina

Question 35

What is the blind sac space in the most cranial end of the vagina located around the vaginal projection of the cervix?

Answer 35

Vaginal fornix

Question 36

The vagina is lined with what?

Answer 36

longitudinal folds of vaginal mucosa

Question 37

The vestibule includes what structures?

Answer 37

- urethral tubercle - clitoris - vestibular bulbs - constrictor vestibuli muscles

Question 38

The vulva includes what structure?

Answer 38

labia

Question 39

The clitoris is composed of what two structures?

Answer 39

- glans clitoridis - fossa clitoridis

Question 40

What structures are above and below the labia?

Answer 40

ventral and dorsal commissures

Question 41

The ovary is composed of what three parts?

Answer 41

- medulla - cortex - tunica albuginea (fibrous capsule)

Question 42

The ovarian bursa is formed by what?

Answer 42

mesovarium and mesosalpinx

Question 43

The right ovarian vein drains where?

Answer 43

caudal vena cava

Question 44

The left ovarian vein drains where?

Answer 44

Renal vein

Question 45

What is the origin of the ovarian artery?

Answer 45

aorta

Question 46

What is the erectile tissue around the vestibule?

Answer 46

vestibular bulbs

Question 47

What are the skeletal muscle fibers around the vestibule?

Answer 47

constrictor vestibuli muscles

Question 48

What is the slit shaped opening between the labii that is usually closed by the constrictor vulvae muscle?

Answer 48

Rima vulvae