Female Internal Viscera Flashcards
1
Q
Ovary
* Located:
A
- Located: near
attachment of broad
ligament to lateral
pelvic wall in true pelvis
2
Q
What is the ovary suspended by? (3)
A
- Broad ligament –
mesovarium - Suspensory ligament of
ovaries - Ligament of the ovary –
attach to uterus (runs
within mesovarium)
3
Q
What are the uterine tubes?
A
- Fallopian tubes
4
Q
Uterine tubes:
* Extends…
* Conduct
A
- Extends laterally within broad lig.: uterine horns & open into peritoneal cavity near ovaries
- Conduct oocyte from ovary to uterine cavity
5
Q
- Divide into 4 parts:
A
6
Q
Uterine tubes
Blood supply:
A
- Uterine arteries (IIA)
7
Q
Uterine tubes
* Venous drainage:
A
- Uterine veins
8
Q
Ovary
* Blood supply:
A
- Ovarian arteries (AA)
9
Q
Ovary
* Venous drainage:
A
- Pampiniform plexus merge
to form ovarian vein - IVC and renal vein
10
Q
Where does the Uterus lie? (3)
A
- Lie btw layers of broad
ligament - Body (sup. 2/3)
- Fundus of uterus (rounded
sup. part)
11
Q
Uterus
* Fundus of uterus (rounded
sup. part)
* Sup:
* Demarcated from cervix:
A
- Sup: uterine tubes
- Demarcated from cervix:
isthmus of uterus
11
Q
Cervix (inf. 1/3)
* Cylindrical & narrow
* 2 parts:
A
supra-vaginal & vaginal
12
Q
- Supra-vaginal part
- Btw isthmus & vagina
- Internal os
- Anteriorly:
- Posteriorly:
A
- Anteriorly: separated from
bladder - Posteriorly: separated from
rectum
13
Q
- Vaginal part
- Protrudes into vagina
- Surrounds ____ ___ of
uterus - Surrounded by vaginal _____
A
external os
fornix
14
Q
What are the ligaments of the uterus? (5)
A
- Ligament of the ovary
- Round ligament of the
uterus - Transverse cervical
ligament - Uterosacral ligament
- Broad ligament of the
uterus
15
Q
Uterus
* Ligament of the ovary
- _______ to utero-
tubal junction
A
Posteroinferior
16
Q
Uterus
* Round ligament of the
uterus
- ______ to utero-
tubal junction
A
Anteroinferior