Female repro

Question 1

How many mammary glands do mares have?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What separates the mammary glands?

Answer 2

External groove made by an elastic ligament

Question 3

How many teats does each gland have in the mare?

Answer 3

One

Question 4

How many openings does each teat in the mare have?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

What supplies the mare’s udder blood supply?

Answer 5

External pudendal

Question 6

What drains the udder?

Answer 6

• Venous: Accessory external pudendal

- Lymphatics: Superficial inguinal ln

Question 7

What suspends the ovaries?

Answer 7

Mesovarium

Question 8

Do equine ovaries have protrusion of follicles and CL?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

The uterine tube extends from…

Answer 9

ovulation fossa to the uterine horns

Question 10

What suspends the uterine tubes?

Answer 10

Mesosalpinx

Question 11

What is the infundibulum?

Answer 11

Funnel shaped end of the uterine tube covered in fimbriae. It opens to the ovary and the deep opening leads to the ampulla where fertilization occurs

Question 12

What suspends the uterus?

Answer 12

Mesometrium

Question 13

Lateral surface of the mesometrium forms what?

Answer 13

Round ligament of the uterus

Question 14

The horns of the uterus lie in what cavity?

Answer 14

Abdominal

Question 15

The body of the uterus lies in what cavity?

Answer 15

Abdominal and pelvic

Question 16

What makes up the broad ligament?

Answer 16

• Mesometrium
• Mesovarium
• Mesosalpinx

Question 17

Where is the cervix?

Answer 17

Pelvic canal

Question 18

Describe the folds around the cervix

Answer 18

Radially arranged longitudinal folds. Not there during estrus

Question 19

What are the orifices of the cervix?

Answer 19

Internal and external uterine orifices

Question 20

What is the portion of cervix that extends into the vagina?

Answer 20

Portio vaginalis

Question 21

What vessels supply blood to the uterus in the dog?

Answer 21

Ovarian and uterine which is a branch of the vaginal

Question 22

What supplies blood to the uterus in Large animals?

Answer 22

• Ovarian
• Uterine branch of umbilical or external iliac
• Uterine branch of the vaginal

Question 23

What are the superficial boundaries of the perineum?

Answer 23

Dorsal: Base of tail
Lateral: Semimembranous m.
Ventral: Scrotum or the udder

Question 24

What are the deep boundaries of the perineum?

Answer 24

Dorsal: Sacrum and first few caudal vertebrae
Lateral: Sacrosciatic ligament
Ventral: Floor of the bony pelvis

Question 25

What is the perineal body?

Answer 25

Deep portion of the perineum that forms a midline mass between anal and urogenital canals

Question 26

Where is the perineal body in the male?

Answer 26

Between anus and origin of the body of penis

Question 27

Where is the perineal body in the female?

Answer 27

Between anus and dorsal commissure of vulva

Question 28

What can cause perineal laceration?

Answer 28

During foaling the perineal body is torn and you can get fecal contamination of the genital tract

Question 29

What is the sacrosciatic ligament?

Answer 29

Expanded broad sheet ligament from the transverse process of the sacrum and the dorsal border of the ilium and ischium

Question 30

Is the sacrosciatic ligament visible in the horse?

Answer 30

No visible in the ox

Question 31

What is in the lumbosacral plexus?

Answer 31

Lumbar and sacral nerves

Question 32

Which nerves are outside sacrosciatic ligament?

Answer 32

L6-S2

Question 33

What nerves are inside or embedded in sacrosciatic ligament?

Answer 33

S3-S5