Ch 35: Female Reproductive System

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Ovaries
Uterine tubes
Uterus

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Vagina
Great vestibular glands
Labia minora
Labia majora
Clitoris
Mons pubis

Question 3

Female gonad

Answer 3

Ovary

Question 4

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

Answer 4

follicles

Question 5

Female sex cell

Answer 5

ovum

Question 6

Female sex hormones

Answer 6

estrogen

progesterone

Question 7

The female reproductive system has ___ ovaries

Answer 7

two

Question 8

Ovaries are located on the lateral wall of the ___

Answer 8

pelvis

Question 9

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

Answer 9

follicle

Question 10

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 _____

Answer 10

abdominal cavity

uterine tube

Question 11

Other names for the uterine tube

Answer 11

fallopian tube

oviduct

Question 12

The female reproductive system has ___ uterine tubes

Answer 12

two

Question 13

Uterine tube extends from the __ to the ___

Answer 13

ovary, uterus

Question 14

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

Answer 14

fimbrae

Question 15

The uterine tube attaches to the ___ wall of the uterus

Answer 15

lateral

Question 16

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

Answer 16

ovary, uterus

Question 17

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

Answer 17

uterine tube

Question 18

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

Answer 18

uterine tube

Question 19

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

Answer 19

uterus

Question 20

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

Answer 20

pelvis; urinary bladder

Question 21

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

Answer 21

fundus

Question 22

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

Answer 22

body

Question 23

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

Answer 23

isthmus

Question 24

part of the uterus that opens into the vagina

Answer 24

cervix

Question 25

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

Answer 25

cervix

Question 26

Posterior to the uterus

Answer 26

retrouterine pouch of Douglas

Question 27

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

Answer 27

vagina

Question 28

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

Answer 28

fornix

Question 29

the posterior fornix is ____ than the other fornicies

Answer 29

longer

Question 30

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

Answer 30

rectum; urinary bladder

Question 31

The vagina is a separate and distinct canal from the ____

Answer 31

urethra

Question 32

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

Answer 32

urethra

Question 33

The female organ involved in sexual intercourse

Answer 33

vagina

Question 34

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

Answer 34

hymen

Question 35

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

Answer 35

greater vestibular glands

Question 36

The ducts draining the great vestibular glands opening into the ___

Answer 36

vestibule

Question 37

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

Answer 37

compressed; mucus

Question 38

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

Answer 38

labia minora

Question 39

The labia minor are usually hidden by the ____

Answer 39

labia majora

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Labia majora

Question 41

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

Answer 41

coarse hair; smooth

Question 42

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

Answer 42

clitoris

Question 43

The urethra does not course through the ____

Answer 43

clitoris

Question 44

The clitoris is located where the two ___ join ___

Answer 44

labia minora; anteriorly

Question 45

Rounded, fatty elevation, lies over the pubic symphysis

Answer 45

mons pubis

Question 46

Mons pubis is covered by coarse hairs termed

Answer 46

pubic hairs

Question 47

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

Answer 47

internal iliac

Question 48

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

Answer 48

internal pudendal, vaginal and uterine arteries

Question 49

The gonadal artery of the female reproductive system

Answer 49

ovarian artery

Question 50

The ovarian artery mainly supplies the

Answer 50

ovaries and Fallopian tubes.