Female Anatomy

Question 1

What does the Female anatomy consist of?

Answer 1

Ovaries, Uterine, Uterus, Vagina, and external organs.

Question 2

What do ovaries consist of?

Answer 2

They produce Gametes, secondary oocytes that mature into eggs.

Question 3

After fertilization what hormones are involved?

Answer 3

Progesterone & Estrogens.

Question 4

What are the ligaments that hold the Ovaries?

Answer 4

The Broad ligament, Ovarian ligament, and the Suspensory ligament.

Question 5

What is the Ovarian cortex?

Answer 5

Deep to the Tunica albugenia, consist of ovarian follicles.

Question 6

What is the Ovarian Medulla?

Answer 6

Contains Bv’s, Lv’s and nn’s.

Question 7

What is the Mature follicle in the Ovaries?

Answer 7

Large follicle that is ready to rupture and expel its secondary oocyte, This process is called Ovulation.

Question 8

What is the Corpus Luteum?

Answer 8

Contains remnants of a mature follicle after ovulation, also produces Progesterone, Estrogens, relaxin and inhibin.

Question 9

What is the formation of Gametes called in the Ovaries?

Answer 9

This is called Oogenesis.

Question 10

What is a primary oocyte?

Answer 10

This comes from maturing germ cells in fetal development of a female.
A few develop larger and are called primary oocytes.

Question 11

What occurs to primary oocytes?

Answer 11

These cells enter mitosis during fetal development but do not finish this process until after puberty.

Question 12

What are the 3 layers of the Fallopian tubes?

Answer 12

Mucosa, Muscularis and Serosa.

Question 13

Where does a sperm usually encounter the Secondary oocyte?

Answer 13

This happens mostly in the “Ampulla” of the Fallopian tubes.

Question 14

How long can Fertalization occur after Ovulation?

Answer 14

It can occur 24 hours after ovulation.

Question 15

What occurs some hours after fertilization?

Answer 15

Materials of the Ovum and sperm unite, forming a Zygote.

This begins cell devision and moves towards the Uterus.

Question 16

When does the Zygote reach the Uterus?

Answer 16

6-7 days after ovulation, unfertilized secondary oocytes disintegrates.

Question 17

What does the Uterus serve as?

Answer 17

Serves as a pathway for sperm, also site for implantation of the fertilized ovum.
When reproduction does not occur it is the site for menstrual flow.

Question 18

What are sub divisions of the Uterus?

Answer 18

A dome shaped portion superior to the Fallopian tubes called Fundus.
A tapering central portion called the body.
And a narrow portion called the cervix and opens into the vagina.

Question 19

What are the Ligaments of the Uterus?

Answer 19

Broad ligament, Uterosacral Ligament, Cardinal Ligaments, Round ligaments.

Question 20

What is the Broad ligament of the Uterus?

Answer 20

Attaches the Uterus to ether side of the pelvic cavity.

Question 21

What is the Uterosacral Ligaments of the Uterus?

Answer 21

Lie on ether side of the rectum and connect the uterus to the sacrum.

Question 22

What is the Cardinal Ligaments of the Uterus?

Answer 22

Located inferior to the bases of the broad ligament and extend from the pelvic wall to the cervix and vagina.

Question 23

What is the Round ligaments of the Uterus?

Answer 23

Are between the layers of the broad ligaments, they extend from the point on the uterus just inferior to the uterine tubes to a portion of the labia majora and external genitalia.

Question 24

What are the 3 layers of tish of the Uterus?

Answer 24

Perimetrium, Myomentrium, and endometrium.

Question 25

What is the layer of the Uterus that contract during labor and childbirth?

Answer 25

Myometrium.

Question 26

What does the inner layer of the Uterus (Endometrium) consist of?

Answer 26

This is the layer during menstrual cycle that gets removed (Stratum Functionalis).
The deeper layer (Stratum Basalis) is permanent and gives rise to new superficial layers each month.

Question 27

What does the Mucosa of the Vagina consist of?

Answer 27

It is continuous with the Uterus.

Question 28

What does the Muscularis of the Vagina consist of?

Answer 28

Composed of a outer circular layered an inner longitudinal layer of smooth mm that can stretch to accommodate for sex and childbirth.

Question 29

What does the layer Adventia of the Vagina consist of?

Answer 29

Superficial layer of the Vagina consisting of areolar CT and anchors the vagina to the adjacent organs such as the urethra and bladder and rectum.

Question 30

What is the Hymen?

Answer 30

Forms a boarder around and partially closes the inferior end of the vaginal opening to the exterior.

Question 31

What is the Vulva?

Answer 31

This is referring to exterior genitals of the female anatomy.

Question 32

What does the Vulva consist of?

Answer 32

Mons Pubis, Labia Majora, and Minora, Clitoris, vestibule, Bulb of the Vestibule.

Question 33

What does the Female reproductive cycle consist of?

Answer 33

Each cycle takes about a month, involving oogenesis and preparation of the Uterus to receive a fertilized ovum.
Hormones secreted by the Hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, and ovaries control these cycles.

Question 34

What is the Ovarian Cycle?

Answer 34

It is a series of events in the ovaries that occur during and after the maturation of an oocyte.

Question 35

What is the Uterine Cycle (Menstrual Cycle)?

Answer 35

It is a congruent series of changes in the endometrium of the Uterus to prepare it for arrival of a fertilized ovum.
If fertilization does not occur ovarian hormones wane and cause the superficial layer to slough off.

Question 36

What do estrogens do for the Female reproductive cycle?

Answer 36

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