Female pelvic features

Question 1

What are the purposes of the ovaries:

Answer 1

1: To produce oocytes for fertilisation
2: Produce oestrogen/progesterone

Question 2

Where is the cervix in the female reproductive model?

Answer 2

It is the lower part of the uterus

Question 3

What are the external/internal os?

Answer 3

External is opening from the vaginal side.

Internal is the opening from the uterine side.

Question 4

What are the vaginal fornices (fornix sing.)

Answer 4

Little recesses into the cervix, on the vaginal side.

Question 5

Where is the rectouterine pouch located and what is it made up of?

Answer 5

An extension of the peritoneum between the rectum and the uterus

Question 6

What is the vesicouterine pouch and where is it located?

Answer 6

An extension of the peritoneum between the uterus and the bladder (close to the anterior fornix)

Question 7

What is the purpose of the round ligament?

Answer 7

Maintains anteversion (pulling forward) of the uterus and keeps the uterus in place

Question 8

What is the broad ligament?

Answer 8

A wide fold of peritoneum, connecting sides of the uterus to walls and floor of the pelvis