Female Repro Tract Flashcards
Uterine tube aka?
- Fallopian tube
- Salpinx
- Oviduct
Uterine tube function
Transports oocytes to uterus
3 parts of uterine tube
- Fimbriae
- Infudibulum
- Uterine ostium
Fimbriae
Fingerlike projections extending from infundibulum to capture ovulated oocyte
Infundibulum
Thin walled funnel leading to tubular part
Site of fertilization
Infundibulum
Abdominal ostium
Small opening in infundibulum
Uterine ostium
Opening of uterine tube into horn of uterus
Externally at tubouterine junction
Proper ligament of ovary connects?
Horns and ovary
Uterine horns are located?
In abdominal cavity
Uterine velum
Internal partition where peritoneum unites horns for short distance before forming uterine body
Horn opening into uterine body
Separately
Uterine body located?
Both abdominal and pelvic cavity
Uterine body structure
Simple muscular tube of varying length
Cervix is the?
Most caudal part of the uterus
Cervix lies?
Diagonally/obliquely across uterovaginal junction
Cervical canal is?
Narrow lumen of the cervix
Cervical canal extends from ? to ?
Extends from internal uterine orifice to external uterine orifix
Vagina extends from ? to ?
Uterus to vestible
Vagina location
Mostly retroperitoneal (cranial part is covered by peritoneum)
How does vagina expand in both diameter and length?
Contains longitudinal folds that have transverse folds
Vaginal fornix
Cranial part of vagina, cranial to cervix
Vagina length in dogs
Very long
Vestibule connects?
Vagina with vulva
Urethral tubercle
Projection on cranioventral vaginal wall containing external urethral orifice
Vestibule texture
No mucosal folds (very smooth)
Vestibular bulb
Nodular erective tissue on each lateral wall
External genitalia contains?
- Vulva
- Clitoris
- Urethra
Vulva location
Caudal to vestibule
Vulva consists of?
Labii
Labii are joined?
Dorsally and ventrally by commisures → separating cleft called rima pudendi
Rima pudendi
Cleft between labii
Homologue of male penis
Clitora
Clitoris location
Floor of vestibule near vulva
Clitoris consists of?
- Pair of crura
- Body
- Glans
Glans of clitoris projects into?
Fossa clitoridis
Os clitoridis
Bone in clitoris
Main bloody supply
- Ovarian a.
2. Internal pudendal a.
2 branches of uterine a.
- Uterine br.
2. Tubal br.
4 branches of internal pudendal a.
- Vaginal a.
- uterine a.
- A. of the clitoris
- A. of the vestibular bulb
Uterus function
- Transports sperm to uterine tube
2. Conduction, implantation and nourishment of developing young
3 parts of uterus
- Horns
- Body
- Cervix
Ovary is?
- Female gonad
2. Endocrine gland
Ovary location
Caudal to kidney