Female Reproduction Flashcards

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What are the components of the broad ligament?

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mesovarium, mesosalpinx, and mesometrium

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What does the broad ligament attach to in the cow?

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the pelvic inlet

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What does the mesovarium do?

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attaches the ovary to the abdominal wall

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What ligament is associated with the mesovarium?

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the proper ligament of the ovary

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What does the proper ligament of the ovary do?

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connects the ovary to the uterine horn

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What does the mesosalpinx do?

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surrounds the ovary and holds the uterine tube between it’s two layers

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What is the the ovarian bursa created by?

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the mesosalpinx

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In the dog, what is the structure of the ovarian bursa?

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it entirely covers the ovary except for a small slit

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In the cow, sow, and horse, what is the structure of the ovarian bursa?

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it is less extensive and drapes over the ovary

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What does the mesometrium do?

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attaches the uterine horn do the abdominal wall

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What ligament is associated with the mesometrium?

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the round ligament of the uterus

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What does the round ligament of the uterus do?

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it is the caudal continuation of the proper ligament of the ovary that extends through the inguinal canal

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What is the round ligament of the uterus homologous to in the male?

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the gubernaculum

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Where are the ovarian and uterine vessels located?

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within the broad ligament

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What is the function of the suspensory ligament of the ovary?

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it is part of the mesovarium that connects to the last rib and ‘suspends’ the ovary

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What is the intercornual ligament?

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a ligament found between two uterine horns where the meet the uterine body

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Where is the cortex located in domesticated species - not the horse?

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outer area with the follicles

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Where is the medulla located in domesticated species - not the horse?

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in the center of the ovary

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What is different about the horse ovary?

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the medulla is on the outside and the cortex is a very small

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What is the infundibulum?

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the funnel-shaped end of the uterine tube

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What is the fimbirae?

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finger-like projections on the ingundibulum that direct the egg where to go

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What is the abdominal opening of the uterine tube?

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the opening in the center of the infundibulum that is the only opening of the peritoneal cavity to the outside

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23
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What species has the ovulation fossa?

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the horse

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What is the ovulation fossa?

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a central depression in the ovary where ovulation consistently takes place

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When is the cervical canal open?
during estrous and birth
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What species have the vaginal recess?
the horse and carnivores
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What are pulvini?
mounds/cushions in the cervix that interdigitate and close the cervical canal
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Which species have long uterine horns?
carnivores and the sow
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Which species has uterine horns that are the same length as the uterine body?
the horse
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Characterize the uterine horns and body of the ruminant.
long horns with a short uterine body, the uterine horns are coiled together and bound by intercornual ligaments
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What species have placetomes?
ruminants
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What is a placetome?
the maternal caruncles and the fetal cotyledon
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What are uterine caruncles?
focal elevations in the uterus that serve as sites of attachments for respective cotyledons
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What is the cotyledon?
the fetal part of the placenta
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What species have the suburethral diverticulum?
the sow and the cow
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What is the suburethral diverticulum?
blind pocket cranial and ventral to the external urethral opening, important in cathertitization
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What is the vaginal fornix?
the cranioventral recess formed by the cervix bulging into the vagina - in mare and bitch
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What species hase vestibular bulbs?
the mare and bitch
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What are vestibular bulbs?
an organzed erectile venous plexus
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What is the mammary gland?
a modified sweat gland
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How do mammary glands reach full development?
lactation
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How many mammae do mares have?
2
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How many orifices does one mammae have in the mare?
two
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How many mammae do cows have?
four
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How many orifices does one mammae have in the cow?
one
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What is one mammae in the cow considered?
a quarter
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How many mamme do the ewe have?
two
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When the mammae are only located in the inguinal region, what can they be called?
an udder
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What holds the mammae in place?
two medial elastic laminae and two lateral fibroelastic laminae
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what do the two medial elastic laminae of the suspensory apparatus create?
an intermammary groove
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What do the two lateral fibroelastic laminae of the suspensory apparatus arise from?
the symphyseal tendon and aponeuroses of the abdominal oblique muscle
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What does the suspensory apparatus attach to cranially?
the linea alba
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What is the symphysial tendon?
the connection between the prepubic tendon and the pelvic symphysis - the suspensory apparatus attaches to this
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What are the two parts of the lactiferous sinus?
glandular and teat sinuses
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What is the path of milk through the udder?
alveolar duct to lactiferous duct to lactiferous sinus to papillary duct/teat canal
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What is Furstenberg's rosette?
the radial folding of mucosa in the teat canal
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What separates the glandular part from the teat sinus?
the annular fold
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If the mammary gland in the cow is enlarged with milk, how will the medial and lateral laminae stretch?
the medial will stretch ventrally, the lateral will not move
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How many serous membranes need to be incised to gain access to the lumen of the uterus in order to do a C-section?
two
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What is the shape of the sow's cervix?
corkscrew
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What is the parent artery of the ovarian artery in the cow and mare?
the abdominal aorta
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What are the branches of the ovarian artery in the cow?
uterine and tubular branch
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What is special about the middle uterine artery in the cow?
at approximately 5 months of pregnancy you can feel turbulence in this artery (fremitus) through rectal palpation
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What are the branches of the vaginal artery in the cow?
ureteral, caudal vesicular, uterine, urethral, and middle rectal
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What are the branches of the internal pudendal artery in the cow?
urethral, vestibular, ventral perineal, dorsal labial and clitoral
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What does the external iliac artery terminate as in the cow and mare?
femoral artery and deep femoral
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What is the main brainch of the pudendoepigastric trunk of the deep femoral in the cow and mare?
caudal epigastric and external pudendal
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What are the branches of the external pudendal in the cow and mare?
caudal superficial epigastric and ventral labial
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What are the branches of the ovarian artery in the mare?
tubular branch and uterine branch
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What is the main brainch of the external iliac in the mare?
uterine artery
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What are the branches of the internal iliac in the mare?
internal pudendal and caudal gluteal
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What are the branches of the internal pudendal in the mare?
umbilical, vaginal, vestibular, ventral perineal, caudal rectal, and dorsal labial
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What is the one branch of the umbilical artery in the mare?
cranial vesicular
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What is are the branches of the vaginal in the mare?
ureteral, caudal vesicular, uterine branch, urethral branch, and middle rectal
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What is the parent artery for the obuturator artery?
cranial gluteal
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What is the branch of the obturator?
middle artery of the clitoris
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What are the two primary roots for venous return in the cow udder?
externdal pudendal vein or the superficial caudal epigastric vein
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What is another name for the superficial epigastric vein in the cow?
the milk vein
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What is a tertiary roud for venous drainage in the cow udder?
the dorsal labial branch
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What nerves supply the udder in the cow?
genitofemoral nerve (whole gland), iliohypogasteic and ilioinguinal (cranial part of gland), and mammary branch of pudendal (caudal part of gland)
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What lymph node is associated with the mammary gland in the cow?
superficial inguinal lymph node
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What are the branches of the umbilical artery in the cow?
cranial vesicular, middle uterine, and ureteral