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Ch 35: Female Reproductive System Flashcards

1
Q

Ova course through the organs of the female reproductive system in the following order:

A

Ovaries
Uterine tubes
Uterus

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2
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The following additional structures of the female reproductive system are not involved in ova production and transportation:

A 
Vagina
Great vestibular glands
Labia minora
Labia majora
Clitoris
Mons pubis
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3
Q

Female gonad

A

Ovary

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4
Q

The female gonad contains many ___ that function in the production of the female sex organ and in the production of estrogen and progesterone

A

follicles

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5
Q

Female sex cell

A

ovum

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6
Q

Female sex hormones

A

estrogen

progesterone

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7
Q

The female reproductive system has ___ ovaries

A

two

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8
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Ovaries are located on the lateral wall of the ___

A

pelvis

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9
Q

An ovum leaves an ovary by being expelled from the ___ at the surface fo the ovary

A

follicle

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10
Q

An ovum leaves an ovary by being expelled;ed from the from the follicle at the surface of the ovary, the ovum enters the ____, where it is immediately picked up by the _____

A

abdominal cavity

uterine tube

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11
Q

Other names for the uterine tube

A

fallopian tube

oviduct

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12
Q

The female reproductive system has ___ uterine tubes

A

two

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13
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Uterine tube extends from the __ to the ___

A

ovary, uterus

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14
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Ovarian end of the uterine tube presents numerous finger like processes called ____ to the uterus.

A

fimbrae

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15
Q

The uterine tube attaches to the ___ wall of the uterus

A

lateral

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16
Q

The uterine tube conveys the released ovum from the ___ toward the ___

A

ovary, uterus

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17
Q

If fertilization is to occur, it will occur within the ____

A

uterine tube

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18
Q

If fertilization does not occur, the ovum degenerates within the ___

A

uterine tube

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19
Q

An organ with an extremely thick muscular wall that expands during development of a fetus

A

uterus

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20
Q

Uterus is located in the ___, lying upon the superior surface of the ____

A

pelvis; urinary bladder

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21
Q

Part of the uterus that lies above the opening of the uterine tubes

A

fundus

22
Q

The main mass of the uterus that expends posteriorly to a constriction called the isthmus

A

body

23
Q

Constricted part of the uterus located between the body and the cervis

A

isthmus

24
Q

part of the uterus that opens into the vagina

A

cervix

25
Q

the opening of the ___ can be palpated through the vagina and its extent determined through child birth.

A

cervix

26
Q

Posterior to the uterus

A

retrouterine pouch of Douglas

27
Q

A canal that extends from the cervix of the uterus inferiorly to the vestibule of the vagina, the inferior opening of the vagina.

A

vagina

28
Q

the recess between the cervix and the vaginal wall is called the

A

fornix

29
Q

the posterior fornix is ____ than the other fornicies

A

longer

30
Q

The fornix is located anterior to the ___ and posterior to the _____.

A

rectum; urinary bladder

31
Q

The vagina is a separate and distinct canal from the ____

A

urethra

32
Q

The ___ in the female does not join the reproductive organs as it does in the male reproductive system

A

urethra

33
Q

The female organ involved in sexual intercourse

A

vagina

34
Q

The vestibule of the vagina is partially closed nay a membranous fold called the

A

hymen

35
Q

Two small ovoid glands located on the lateral wall of the vagina just inside the vestibule of the vagina

A

greater vestibular glands

36
Q

The ducts draining the great vestibular glands opening into the ___

A

vestibule

37
Q

The great vestibular glands are ____ during sexual intercourse and secrete _____. that lubricates the vagina

A

compressed; mucus

38
Q

Two small folds of skin located at either side of the vestibule of the vagina

A

labia minora

39
Q

The labia minor are usually hidden by the ____

A

labia majora

40
Q

Two elongated folds of the skin that extend posteriorly from the pubis

A

Labia majora

41
Q

The outer surface of the labia majora is covered with ____, whereas the inner surface is ___

A

coarse hair; smooth

42
Q

Homologous to the penis and contains erectile tissue that, when it becomes filled with the blood, results in an erection

A

clitoris

43
Q

The urethra does not course through the ____

A

clitoris

44
Q

The clitoris is located where the two ___ join ___

A

labia minora; anteriorly

45
Q

Rounded, fatty elevation, lies over the pubic symphysis

A

mons pubis

46
Q

Mons pubis is covered by coarse hairs termed

A

pubic hairs

47
Q

Branches from the ____ supply the majority of the female reproductive organs.

A

internal iliac

48
Q

Branches of the internal iliac that supply majority of the female reproductive organs

A

internal pudendal, vaginal and uterine arteries

49
Q

The gonadal artery of the female reproductive system

A

ovarian artery

50
Q

The ovarian artery mainly supplies the

A

ovaries and Fallopian tubes.

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