Female Repro

Question 1

What are the structures in the female reproductive system

Answer 1

2 ovaries
2 oviducts (fallopian tube)
Uterus
Cervix
Vagina
Vulva

Question 2

Function of the female reproductive system

Answer 2

Produce ova
Produce hormones
House and allow development of the foetus

Question 3

Function of the ovary

Answer 3

Production of eggs as well as hormones that control reproduction and pregnancy

Question 4

Function of the fallopian tubes

Answer 4

This is where fertilisation occurs , thin tubes transport fertilised egg from the ovaries into the uterus where is can develop into a foetus

Question 5

Function of the uterus

Answer 5

Where a fertilised egg will implant and where the embryos and foetuses develop

Question 6

Function of the cervix

Answer 6

Tough muscular structure that opens and closed and protects the opening to the uterus

Question 7

Function of the vagina

Answer 7

This is where sperm is deposited during mating, where urine flows into from the urethra

Question 8

Function of the vulva

Answer 8

Muscular structure that seal the opening of the vagina

Question 9

How is the ovary attached to the abdominal wall

Answer 9

Ovarian or suspension ligament

Question 10

The blood supply to the ovary is

Answer 10

Ovarian artery in
Ovarian vein out

Question 11

In the ovary what is begin develop inside

Answer 11

Follicles

Question 12

What is ovulation

Answer 12

Where the follicle ruptures and releases an egg

Question 13

After ovulation what does the follicle become

Answer 13

Corpus luteum

Question 14

What does the corpus luteum produce

Answer 14

Progesterone

Question 15

What does the follicle produce

Answer 15

Oestrogen

Question 16

What does oestrogen for the body

Answer 16

Prepares the uterus for fertilisation

Question 17

What does progesterone do

Answer 17

Prepare and maintains the uterus for the developing embryo

Question 18

What does FSH hormone do

Answer 18

It’s from the brain and it stimulate the follicle containing the egg to mature

Question 19

What does LH do

Answer 19

Cause the follicle to burst and the egg to be released (causes ovulation)

Question 20

What is the endometrium

Answer 20

Inner mucosal membrane with glandular tissue that secretes mucus and is under hormonal contol

Question 21

What is the myometrium

Answer 21

The middle layer of smooth muscle and connective tissue

Question 22

What is the perimetrium

Answer 22

The outer external covering

Question 23

Four stages of the babe

Answer 23

Stage one proestrus
Stage two oestrus
Stage three diestrus
Stage four anoestrus

Question 24

Horses

Answer 24

Spontaneous ovulators
Can produce several eggs but can only carry one foal at a time due to the placenta requiring contact with the whole uterus to obtain its blood supply

Question 25

What is the name of a fertilised egg

Answer 25

Zygote

Question 26

What is the name of the egg after it multiplys by mitosis

Answer 26

Blastocyst

Question 27

When the eggs implants into the uterine wall what is it called

Answer 27

Embryo

Question 28

What’s does the embryo turn in to

Answer 28

Foetus