Caps 391 Flashcards
What part of the ear has no cartilage?
The ear lobe has no cartilage
About how big is the External acoustic meatus? Where does it start and end?
It is about one inch, and it starts at eh auricle and ends at the ear drum.
What is the purpose of the ear wax?
Ear wax prevents insects from entering the ear.
The middle ear is in the _________ bone and ______ to the ear drum.
The middle ear is in the temporal bone and medial to the ear drum.
The tympanic membrane is about a 2 squared cm. True or False
False the tympanic membrane is about a square centimeter.
Is the ear drum convex or concave to the middle ear?
The tympanic membrane is convex to the middle ear.
The cavity of the middle ear can also be referred to as tympani cavity. True or false
true, the middle ear can be referred to as the tympani cavity.
What is attached to the tympanic ear drum?
the handle of the malleus is attached to the tympanic membrane.
Right the order of how the middle ear is attached (conveys sound)?
The tympanic membrane is convex to the middle ear and attached to the handle of the malleus, which is then attached to the incus, and the incus is attached to eh stapes.
the synovial joints of the middle ear bones are the least vulnerable joints. True or False
False, the joints are actually the most vulnerable to develop arthritis, because of how much they are used.
What happens as you develop arthritis in the middle ear?
As the joints become less able to carry sound, you loose your hearing. As they become more solid the more hearing you loose.
Why is infection of the middle ear taken so seriously?
An infection of the middle ear can cause you to loose your hearing, because the three bones (malleus, stapes and incus) start to fuse.
If the bones are broken you only loose up to 60% of your hearing. True or false
False, if this system is broken by arthritis or head injury, you will only loose 40% of your hearing.
What are the two windows of the middle ear? and which is superior (connected to the stapes)?
The two windows of the middle ear are the oval and the round window. The round window is inferior to the oval window, which is attached to the stapes.
What muscle is attached to the malleus, that when activated it tenses the tympanic membrane?
The tensor tympani is the muscle attached to the ear drum , and when activated it tenses it.
What is the purpose of tensing the ear drum?
The purpose of tensing the ear drum is to target what frequency of sound it wants to receive.
What is the purpose of the stapedius?
This is quite a large muscle, that doesn’t appear large because the rest is hidden in another cavity. The muscle is attached to the stapes and pulls it away from the the oval window, thereby minimizing the vibrations on the window, and protecting all the delicate receptors in the inner ear.
Name both the muscles of the middle ear and state their innervation.
The stapedius and the tensor tympani are the muscles of the middle ear. Both are innervated by cranial nerve seven (facial nerve).
The middle ear is connected to the pharynx via the _____ tube.
The middle ear is connected to the nasopharynx via the auditory tube.
What part of the sephnoid is quite thin?
The petrous covering the middle ear is quite thin.
The ducts of the inner ear are in the __________ ___________.
the ducts of the inner ear are in the membranous labyrinth.
The cochlea, semicircular canals and ________ make up the inner ear.
The cochlea, semicircular canals, and the vestibule make up the inner ear.
The vestibule can be found in what?
The vestibule is within the boney labyrinth.
What two main parts form the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth?
The utricle and the saccule form the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth.
How do the semicircular canals connect to the vestibule?
The semicircular canals connect to the vestibule via the utricle and the saccule.
The term given to the section were the semicircular ducts dilate while connecting to the membranous labyrinth is the?
Ampulla or plural ampulae
Cristae can be found within the ampulla. what is its function?
Cristae are receptors sitting within the ampullae.
What are the receptors called sitting with in the vestibule?
The receptors sitting within the vestibule are referred to as maculae.
Is there a fluid within the boney labyrinth or the membranous labyrinth?
There is fluid within the membranous labyrinth.
What does the fluid within the membranous labyrinth do?
The fluid within the membranous labyrinth moves with the head and stimulates the receptors.
The cochlear duct is also referred to as the ______ _____
The cochlear duct is also referred to as the spiral organ.
The vibrations within this organ gives you a sense of hearing?
spiral organ also called the cochlear duct.
What names are given to the fluid within the boney labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth? Where is their source?
Perilymph is within the boney labyrinth and the endolymph is within the membranous labyrinth. The source of the two fluids is from the endolymphatic sac.
What lies deep to the dura mater and produces two fluids for the inner ear?
The endolymphatic sac.
what is the name of the branch that carries the signal of sound to the brain?
The cochlear branch of cranial nerve 8 (vestibulocochlear nerve)
The lumen of the boney cochlear wall is divided in to three compartments. What are the three compartments?
The three compartments are scala vestibuli, scala tympani, and cochlear duct.
Indicate which membranes separate which compartments in the inner ear?
The vestibular membrane separates the cochlear duct from the scala vestibuli. The Basilar membrane separates the cochlear duct from the scala tympani. The tectorial membrane separates the scala tympani and scala vestibuli (and some what the cochlear duct).
Which fluids from the endolymphatic sac fill scala tympani, scala vestibuli, and cochlear duct?
Endolymph fills teh cochlear duct and perilymph fills the scala.
The ______ ganglion come together to form the end of the ______ branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve.
The spiral ganglion come together to form the end of the cochlear branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve.
Write the path sounds waves travel to the brain.
Sound first hits the tympanic membrane, sends a wave to the handle of malleus –> incus –> stapes –> oval window –> scala tympani –> scala vestibuli activating nerve endings.
The beginning of the cochlea is more sensitive to ______ frequency sounds, while the back is more sensitive to ______ frequency sounds.
The front is more sensitive to higher frequency sounds, while the back is more sensitive to lower frequency sounds. Coming from the oval window.
What is the purpose of the round window of the ear?
The purpose of the round window is to let the sound waves die, or else it would bounce back and you would hear doubles.
How many components make up the ear?
The ear is composed of three components the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.
What makes up the outer ear?
The auricle, lobule, and external acoustic meatus.
What is the auricle?
The auricle is a elastic cartilage with contours that direct sound waves towards the external acoustic meatus.
What is the lobule?
The lobule is the lower border of the ear without cartilage, which contains loose connective tissue loaded with fat.
What is the external acoustic meatus?
The external acoustic meatus starts at the auricle and ends at the tympanic membrane. It funnels sound to the tympanic membrane and contains glands that secrete cerumen.
What is the purpose for the mucosal membrane of the external acoustic meatus?
The mucosal membrane contains sebaceous glands that produce cerumen, that functions to lubricate the membrane and prevent insects from creating nests.
what is another name for the auditory tube?
the eustachian tube.
Chronic infection of the middle ear can lead to meningitis and encephalitis how?
When the middle ear is infected it can break down the petros, leading to direct access to the cranial cavity. This can feed the development of meningitis and encephalitis.
Where does the malleus ossicle attach?
The malleus ossicle attaches to the center of the tympanic membrane.
Which quadrant of the ear contains the least number of blood vessels?
the superior left quadrant.
Why are there parts of the temporal bone carved into tunnels?
parts of the temporal bone are carved into tunnels for parts of the inner ear.
The endolymphatic sac penetrates the ______ and lies deep to the ____ ______.
The endolymphatic sac penetrates the petrous and lies deep to the dura mater.
Ducts are embedded within the boney labyrinth and contain _________ fluid. What is the purpose of this fluid?
Endolymph fluid moves and stimulates receptors when you move your head.
Cristae, receptors found within the ampulla do what?
The receptors or cristae indicate the position of the head and neck in space.
The vestibule of membranous labyrinth comprised of ______ and ______, contain what receptors?
The utricle and the saccule contain maculae receptors
What comprises the roof and floor of the cochlear duct?
The roof of the cochlear duct is composed of the tectorial membrane and the floor is the basilar membrane.
what is another name for the spiral organ?
Organ of corti
The cortex that receives sense of hearing is different if females and male. true or false? if true explain.
True, in males the dominant cortex receives the sense and for females both hemispheres receive sense of hearing.
How are sound waves passed through the inner ear from the oval window?
The sound waves pass from the oval window to scal vestibuli and then to scala tympani. These waves cause vibrations on the membranes (especially basilar) which create electrical impulses by organ of corti.
The round window covers the end of the scala ______ and damps sound waves so they dont echo back.
scala tympani
Why is there a lot of fat that embedded around the eye?
The function of the fat around the eye is for protection for the eye.
What fat is the first to be absorbed when you are stressed or hungry?
The fat around the eyes are the first to be absorbed when you are hungry or stressed.
Why does the eye lid not wrinkle?
The eye lid does not wrinkle because there is a tarsal plate in it.
There are no glands in the eyelid itself. True or false
False, there are oil/sebaceous glands in the eyelid that release to the root of the eyelashes keeping them moist and oily.
What does the cornea do?
The cornea helps alter the light
what is the conjunctiva? what does the conjunctiva sac do?
The conjunctiva covers the inner surface of the lower and upper eyelid, which is also continuous with the skin of the eyelid. The sac collects tears.
The eye is about 1.5 inches in every direction and weighs about 7 grams. True or False
False the eye is about 1 inch in every direction and weighs about 7 grams.
The eyeball has different layers, what makes up the outer most part of the eyeball?
The sclera is the outer most layer made up of dense connective tissue.
What is the sclera act as?
The sclera acts as a attachment and protector of the other structures of the eye.
The anterior one sixth of the eye is not the sclera anymore, so what makes up this section?
The anterior one sixth is the cornea.
What is the second most outer layer and what is its function/structure?
The second layer is the vascular layer carrying a lot of blood vessels called the choroid.
The front part of the choroid gives rise to the ______ body and the _____.
Gives rise to the ciliary body and the iris.
How is the ciliary body attached to the lens? what do they do?
The ciliary body is attached to the lens via suspensory ligaments, which change the convex of the lens.
What is the purpose of the iris?
The iris covers the anterior side of the lens, which has a opening called the pupil.
Describe the third layer of the eyeball?
The third layer of the eyeball is the nervous layer called the retina that makes up the posterior 3/4 of the eyeball. The retina has a pigment layer that lays closest to the choroid, separating it from the nervous layer. The pigmented layer covers the ciliary body giving rise to the colour of the eye.
What is the Ora serrata?
Ora serrata is the border line, which indicates when the pigmented layer continuous without the nervous layer.
What is so unique about the optic disc?
The optic disc is also called the blind spot because it does not have any photo receptors, making it unique. It carries the optic nerve.
What is lateral to the optic disc that is vital to seeing?
The macula lutea is lateral to the optic disc, which is the part that receives most of the light and therefore the most active part.
What is the part of the eye that receives most of the light on the back of the retina?
The macula lutea receives most of the light and is the most active part.
There is a dark spot in the middle of the macula lutea called the fovea optica. True or false
False, the dark part is called the fovea centralis.
How many main spaces are there in the eye?
There are three main spaces in the eye. the anterior, posterior, and vitrous chamber.
Are the chambers of the eye continuous? Explain
The posterior space and the anterior space are continuous, therefore both have aqueous humor.
What produces the aqueous humor?
The ciliary body produces teh aqueous humor.
What is the space called behind the eye? what is it filled with?
behind the lens you have the vitreous chamber that contains a jelly like substances called the vitreous humor.
What is the function of the vitreous body?
The function of the vitreous body is to maintain shape.
What happens as we age in the vitreous humor?
As we age the vitreous humor forms small crystals that accumulate at the floor.
Explain what is happening with regards to the lens and ciliary body when looking at something far away compared to something close?
Ciliary muscles of the ciliary body are arranged in a concentric manner. Constriction of the
ciliary muscle (controlled by parasympathetic nervous system) decreases the diameter of
the opening that houses the lens, causing the suspensory ligaments to relax and the lens
become more rounded (relaxed), allowing for near vision (35 – 40 cm). For far vision
(above 40m), ciliary muscles relax (controlled by the sympathetic nervous system), causing
the suspensory ligaments to stretch and the lens to stretch
What nervous system is working when you are looking far away? how about close?
The sympathetic nervous system is active when you look at something far away but the parasympathetic nervous system is in control when you are looking at something close.
How many muscles fibers does the iris have? Provide a discriptor
The muscles of the iris run circular like a sphincter and other set are radial.
What are the muscles of the iris?
The muscles of the iris are the sphincter pupillae and the dilator pupilae.
The _________ constricts and the ________ dilates the pupil.
The parasympathetic constricts and the sympathetic dilates the pupil.
What is the function of the aqueous humor?
The function of the aqueous humor is for supplying nutrition and oxygen to the cornea, and it collects waste product, thereby acting as a sewage system for the cornea.
Where does the waste product drain from the cornea?
The waste drains in the sclera at eh corneal-sclera junction.
The large veins at the corneal-sclera junction are referred to as scleral venous sinus. What happens if the sclera venous sinus is obstructed?
You will get glaucoma.
The _______ gland secretes tears _________, and is controlled by CN _____.
The lacrimal gland secretes tears continuously, and is controlled by cranial nerve seven (facial nerve).
Describe the path of a tear.
The tear will be produced by the lacrimal gland and be washed over the eye by the eyelid. The tear then is collected at the lacrimal canaliculus, which carries it to the lacrimal sac. The sac opens in the nasolacrimal duct which brings the fluid to the inferior meatus.
Inflammation in what sinus can cause pressure pain in the eye?
The maxillary sinus
What is the function of the levator palpebrae superioris? What causes drooping of the eyelid?
The levator palpebrae superioris moves the upper eyelid and is innervated by cranial nerve 8 (vestibulocochlear nerve) and the sympathetic nervous system. When the sympathetic nervous system is malfunctioning it causes drooping of the eyelid.
The sebaceous glands are in the tarsus plate, what happens when they become inflamed?
When inflamed they form a stye.
The choroid is a fibrous layer? true or false.
True
What does the sclera provide?
The sclera offers mechanical protection and provides site of attachment for extra ocular muscles.
The cornea makes up the anterior ___ of the outer eye. What does what?
Cornea, which helps focus light.
The ciliary body and iris are what type of muscle?
The are both smooth muscles.
The iris is a ____ covering the _______ side of the lens.
The iris is a disk covering the anterior side of the lens.
What do axons of the cones and rods form?
the optic nerve
The scleral venous sinus can also be called what?
canal of schlemm
Whats is the lacrimal apparatus?
The lacrimal apparatus is composed of glands and ducts.
which muscle will open the lacrimal canaliculi duct?
orbicularis oculi
The exocrine gland produces ______ ______ cells. How is it different then Endocrine gland, when releasing its content?
The exocrine gland produces white blood cells, and releases them to a duct. The endocrine gland releases directly to the blood stream.
The endorcine gland arises from the thalamus and the exocrine arises from epithelium. True or false
False, they both arise from epithelium.
What is the master of the endocrine system, which sits below and anterior to the thalamus and is part of the diencephalon (anterior part of the third ventricle)?
The hypothalamus.
Where is the pineal gland located and what is its function?
The pineal gland is located on the posterior wall of the third ventricle and its function is to secrete melatonin regulating skin, sexual behavior, and circadian rhythms.
which gland cooperates with the hypothalamus to mediate it with other glands of the endocrine system?
The pituitary gland.
Which gland is not really an endocrine gland but is considered part of the system?
The thymus is considered part of the endocrine system but really it is for the immune system.
Which gland sits anterior to the larynx and has 4 smaller glands embedded within itself?
The thyroid has 4 smaller glands embedded within itself.
What hormone regulates white blood cells?
Thymocin regulates white blood cells.
What is the difference between testis and the ovaries, in regards to hormone production?
Testis produces testosterone and the ovaries produce estrogen.
What regulates most of the endocrine system and ways only half a gram?
The pituitary gland.
Where does the pituitary gland sit?
The pituitary gland sits below the hypothalamus within the sphenoid bone.
what connects the pituitary gland to the third ventricle?
The infundibulum connects the pituitary to the third ventricle.
Nerve bundles pass through the _______ that come from the hypothalamus, and connects to the ________ pituitary. Which is physically connected to the __________.
Nerve bundles pass through the infundibulum that come the hypothalamus, and connects to the posterior pituitary. Which is physically connected to the hypothalamus.
The anterior part of the pituitary can be divided into a few sections, which are? Define each anatomically
the pars tuberalis which wraps around the infundibulum, and the pars distalis. They are both endocrine.
What is the name of the third part of the pituitary gland which we do not know to much about yet?
The third part of the pituitary gland is called the intermedia.
What is a signal indicating a tumour is in the pituitary?
The lose of a visual fields.
In the hypothalamus the PVN and SON are closely related to the pituitary. What do the acronyms stand for?
the paraventricular nucleus and the supra optic nucleus are both closely related to the pituitary.
The paraventricular nucleus can stimulate the anterior pituitary by a indirect pathway. Explain?
The PVN causes the release of IHs and RHs (inhibitor hormone and releasing hormone) into a venous system that supplies the anterior pituitary and eventually drains the anterior pituitary. The anterior pituitary releases many stimulating hormones (SHs, TSH, ACTH, HGH, PRL, LH, FSH, and MSH) into the venous drainage.
The posterior pituitary is supplied by a normal _______ and receives axons directly from which of the two nuclei: Paraventricular or Supra Optic?
The posterior pituitary is supplied by normal capillaries and receives axons directly from both the SON and the PVN, but mainly from the SON.
What supplies the posterior pituitary with electrical signals more so?
The Supra optic nuclei supplies the posterior pituitary more so.
Where do the hormones OT and ADH originate from? What is this pathway referred to as?
Originally the hormones OT and ADH come from the hypothalamus, brought to the posterior pituitary via axons from SON and PVN. This is the direct pathway.
State which organs are targeted by the anterior pituitary and posterior pituitary: adrenal, pineal, gonad, thyroid, liver, skin, breast, uterus, and kidney.
The posterior pituitary targets the kidney and uterus
The anterior targets the adrenal, pineal, gonad, thyroid, liver.
Both posterior and anterior target the skin and breast.
What connects the two lateral lobes of the thyroid gland?
The isthmus
Which two branches of the circulatory system supply the thyroid gland?
The subclavian and the external carotid.
How is the thyroid drained?
The thyroid is drained by one vein.
What does the parathyroid gland secrete? Which does what?
The parathyroid secretes parathyroid hormone, which increase the level of calcium in the body.
Will taking calcium you should also take ________.
estrogen, which controls the uptake of calcium.
How does the left and right adrenal gland differ in shape?
The left adrenal gland is crescent shape and the right is pyramidal.
The adrenal glands have a medullary part. True or False.
True
The cortical part of the adrenal gland produces a hormone involved with?
The hormone is involved in balancing minerals sodium and glucose.
What part of the adrenal gland are part of both sympathetic and parasympathetic systems?
The medullary part.
____________ fibers that go to the center of the medulla are modified and are miss placed _____. When are the hormones of the adrenal medulla activated?
The preganglionic fibers that go to the center of the medulla are modified, they are referred to as miss placed ganglion. The hormones are activated by the nervous system.
Exocrine releases ______ through ____.
Exocrine releases enzymes through ducts.
Who does the endocrine system cooperate with to maintain homeostasis?
The nervous system.
Melatonin is involved in regulating the distribution of what hormone?
melanin
The pituitary gland can also be referred to as _________.
hypophysis
what is the part of the sphenoid bone called where the pituitary gland sits?
the pituitary fossa or also referred to as sella turcica.
The pars ________ of the anterior lobe wraps around the ___________ and is continuous with the pars _____, which is the major part of the _______ lobe.
The pars tuberalis of the anterior lobe (of the pituitary) wraps around the infundibulum and is continuous with the pars distalis, which is the major part of the anterior lobe.
Why are pars tuberalis and distalis the important parts?
Because they are the real endocrine tissues.
The anterior part of the pituitary is referred to as ____________.
adenohypophysis
Explain both the direct and indirect pathway of the hypothalamus and pituitary complex.
the indirect pathway anterior pituitary: PVN of the hypothalamus releases Receiving Hormones (RH) and Inhibiting Hormones (IH) into a
capillary network to be delivered, via a hypophyseal portal vein, to a secondary capillary
network in the anterior pituitary. When hormones reach this second capillary network, they
leave to target the glandular tissues of the anterior pituitary. In response to RH and IH, the
anterior pituitary releases stimulating hormones (e.g. TSH, ACTH, HGH, PRL, LH, FSH, and MSH)
back into the second capillary network to be distributed to the various targets in the body.
The direct pathway between the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary:Posterior pituitary receives axons directly from the hypothalamus (mostly from SON, but some
PVN). These axons carry hormones produced by the hypothalamus to be stored in the posterior
pituitary (e.g. OT and ADH)
The indirect pathway can be referred to as what?
A portal system, it is supplied and drained by the veins.
What is the primary delivery network for the indirect pathway of the pituitary gland?
The hypophyseal portal vein.
what are the two arteries that supply the thyroid gland, and where do they come from?
The inferior thyroid artery coming from the subclavian artery and the superior thyroid artery coming from the external carotid artery supply the thyroid gland.
Where is the blood of the thyroid gland drained to via the thyroid vein?
It is drained into the left brachiocephalic vein.
What hormones are secreted by the thyroid and what are their function?
Hormones t3 and t4 are involved with balancing metabolism, and calcitonin cooperates with the parathyroid glands to balance the calcium levels.
Do parathyroid glands receive their own blood supply and their hormones counter act that of calcitonin?
Yes the parathyroid receives its own blood supply and its hormone increase calcium levels.
The thymus is more apart of the immune system than the endocrine gland, but what does it secrete?
The gland secretes thymoxine.
Describe the pancreas in relation to the endocrine system?
The pancreas is more known as a exocrine gland but has some endocrine components. The Islets of Langerhans are endocrine cells and function to balance the level of sugar in the blood.
Islets of Langerhans only make up about 4% of the pancreatic tissue. True or False
False, the islets of langerhans make up 2% of pancreatic tissue.
Medulla can be considered a miss placed ganglion, which chromaffin cells release which two hormones (controlled by sympathetic nervous system)?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
What structure passes the fertilized eggs cell to the uterus?
The uterine tube passes the fertilized egg to the uterus
The peritoneum covers the _______ and reflects the superior surface of the ______ surface. In regards to the female reproductive system.
The peritoneum covers the uterus and reflects the superior surface of the urinary surface.
The uterus is retro peritoneal. True or false
False the uterus is intra peritoneal.
What are the pouches that the peritoneum creates about the female reproductive system? What is the deepest peritoneal cavity?
The two pouches created by the peritoneum are the uterovesical pouch, anterior to the uterus, and the posterior pouch called the rectouterine pouch or the douglas pouch. The douglas pouch is the deepest part in the peritoneal cavity.
Which pouch is anterior to the uterus and which is posterior: Uterovesical pouch and rectouterine pouch. What is another name for the rectouterine pouch?
The uterovesical pouch is anterior and the rectouterine pouch is posterior. The rectouterine pouch can also be called the Douglas pouch
There is just one peritoneal pouch in males, what is its name?
Rectovesical pouch
Where does all the puss and blood accumulate when there is an infection in the peritoneum?
It will collect in the rectovesical or rectouterine pouch, because it is the deepest pouch of the peritoneum.
What is the broad ligament?
The broad ligament is a double layer of peritoneum, for which the ovary attaches to the posterior layer.
The ovary attaches to the ______ layer of the double layered peritoneum broad ligament.
The ovaries attaches to the posterior layer of the double layered peritoneum broad ligament.
What part of the female reproductive system is in the abdominal cavity?
the ovaries
How does the egg pass to the fallopian tubes?
The egg passes from the fallopian tubes from the ovaries by staying between the two layers of the broad ligament.
The ovary is attached to the ____ of the broad ligament
the ovary is attached to the back of the broad ligament.
Which female reproductive structure is the only one in the peritoneum cavity?
The ovary
What are the finger like projections in a female?
the finger like projections are referred to as fimbriae
Two of the fimbriae are attached to the ovary. True or False
False only one of the fimbriae are attached to the ovary.
What movement is stimulated at the time of ovulation?
The fimbriae are stimulated to do a grasp release excel movement at the time of ovulation.
What is the net part at the end of the uterine tube?
the infundibulum
Where is the site of fertilization?
The ampulla is the site of fertilization.
What happens as you move closer and closer to the uterus from the ampulla?
The lumen becomes smaller and smaller to about 1 mm.
what is the name given to the part of the uterus above the entry of the isthmus?
this part is called the fundus.
The body of the uterus tapers out until it joins with the cervix. True or False
False the uterus tapers down till it joins with the cervix.
If the top is called the fundis then the lower part below the entry is called the _____.
The body
the cervix inserts into the vagina creating a circular space called the ________.
the fornix.
the cervix is a ring, therefore can be referred to as ________, ________, and ________.
The cervix is a ring therefore it can be referred to as posterior, anterior and lateral.
How long will the semen stay in the fornix before entering the uterus?
20-30 mins.
The narrow point before the cervix is called the internal _______. What about the otehr side?
The internal os, and the other side is called the external os.
which structures make up the mesosalpinx?
The ovarian blood vessels, suspensory ligament of the ovary, and the part of the broad ligament make up the mesosalpinx.
Another subdivision of the broad ligament is called the _______.
Mesovarium.
What planes do the mesovarium run?
The mesovariums run along the transverse plane and coronal plane.
Name all the ligaments for the female reproductive structures?
The ligaments that hold the female reproductive structures in place are the mesometrium, uterosacral, lateral cervical, ovarian, and round ligament.
which is the most important ligament stabilizing the uterus?
The round ligament.
The ________ canal serves as a passage for the round ligament, so it can insert into connective tissue below.
The inguinal canal.
What are the two angles that must be maintained for fertility, and what is their corresponding angle?
The two angles that are important for fertility are the anteflexion angle 120-125 degress, and the anteversion angle which is roughly 90 degrees.
Which two ligaments maintain the anteflexion and the anteversion angles of the uterus?
the round ligament and the uterocervical ligament
The round ligament pulls the body _____, while the uterocervical ligament pulls the body _____.
The round ligament pulls forward, while the uterocervical ligament pulls backward.
You can identify 3 pairs of skin folds that are mainly composed of fat. True or False
False you can identify 2 pairs of skin folds, which are mainly composed of fat.
The mons _____ is _____.
The mons pubis is fat.
The labia minora is outside while the labia majora are inside. False or True
False the labia majora are outside while the labia minora are inside.
What are the two openings on either side of the vagina? What are their function?
the two openings on either side of the vagina are openings for vestibular glands, which secrete a lubricating fluid.
What is equivalent to the scrotum for females?
Labia majora
The root of the clitoris _____ of the _______ don’t merge, and they are ________ tissue.
The root of the clitoris bulb of the vestibules don’t merge and they are erectile tissue.