Female Reproductive Flashcards
this produces the hormones and gametes
Gonads - ovary
oocyte (non-mature) and ova (mature)
Gametes
What is the hormones found in the female reproductive
Relaxin and Inhibin (for childbirth); Progesterone and Estrogen (Primary hormones)
What is the ligaments that support the ovary?
- Broad Ligament (Mesovarium)
- Utero - Ovarian Ligament
- Suspensory Ligament
What is the attachment of mesovarium
stability for ovary; thick part
What is the attachment of ovarian ligament
attached to ovary (ovarian)
What is the attachment of the suspensory ligament
attached to ovary and pelvic wall
contains oocytes (the immature egg cells)
Ovarian follicles
Every month release of immature egg cells
Ovulation
aka. oviducts or uterine tube
road where either sperm or egg cells pass through
Fallopian Tube
- General site of fertilization
- not directly connected to the ovary (fimbriae is the connecting)
Fallopian Tube
Parts of the Fallopian tube
- Isthmus
- Ampulla — primary site of fertilization; widest and longest
- Infundibulum
- Fimbriae — Fingerlike projection
The womb is where a fetus (unborn baby) develops and grows
Uterus
muscle that contracts for childbirth and cramps
myoterium
this sheds to ready the uterine cavity for possible pregnancy; waste removal
endometrium
Enumerate the wall of uterus (External to internal)
Wall of uterus (External to Internal
Perimetrium
Myometrium — muscle that contracts for childbirth and cramps
Endometrium — this sheds to ready the uterine cavity for possible pregnancy; waste removal
skin covering; most anterior
mons pubis
for protection for young female reproduction
Hymen
- Area between the pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet
- Usually assessed during a labor
- Passageway of a baby
Pelvic Cavity
Separates the TRUE and FALSE Pelvis
Linea Terminalis
Basis for labor if the baby will fit or not
True Pelvis
Inner portion of the abdominal wall
Anterior boundary of False Pelvis
Lumbar vertebra
Posterior boundary of False Pelvis
Iliac fossa
Lateral boundary of False Pelvis
Pubic bone
Anterior boundary of True Pelvis
Anterior surface of the sacrum
Posterior boundary of True Pelvis
Inner surface of the ischial bones and sacrosciatic notches and ligaments
Lateral boundary of True Pelvis
What are structures visible externally from the pubis to the perineum?
Mons pubis
Labia majora and minora
Clitoris
Hymen
Vestibule
Urethral opening
Various glandular and vascular structures
- Most prominent
- Also called mons veneris
- fat-filled cushion that lies over the symphysis pubis
Mons Pubis
- It is where the round ligaments (one of the support of our internal reproductive organs) terminate (upper boarder)
- Rich in elastic fibers and fat
- With rich venous plexus which may develop varicosities (because of the pressure of the growing fetus inside the uterus) during pregnancy esp. in multiparas
Labia Majora
- moist and reddish, similar in appearance to a mucous membrane
- extremely sensitive because it is supplied with many nerve endings
- Inferiorly, it forms the fourchette (important for examination of patients in labor)
Labia Minora
- Thinnest lip of the area of the vagina
- it does not contain any hair follicles
- It roofs over the clitories
Labia Minora
- Principal female erogenous organ
- composed of a glans, a corpus, and two crura
Clitoris
What are the openings of vestibule
- Urethra
- Vagina
- ducts of the Bartholin’s glands (2)
- ducts of the paraurethral glands/skene glands (2)
- Greater vestibular glands
- 0.5 to 1 cm in diameter
- lie inferior to the vestibular bulbs and deep to the inferior ends of the bulbospongiosus muscle (muscle of the anterior triangle)
Bartholin’s Glands
- ducts are 1.5 to 2 cm long and open distal to the hymenal ring at 5 & 7 o’clock position
- function: helps lubricate the vaginal area
Bartholin’s Glands
- The diamond area between the thighs
- Talks about two triangles
- Boundaries are same as those of the bony pelvic outlet
Perineum
Internal pudendal artery (inferior rectal artery and posterior labial artery)
Blood Supply of Perineum
Also called Urogenital Triangle
Anterior Triangle
What is the 2 division of Anterior Triangle
Superficial space – closed compartment
Deep space – continuous superiorly with the pelvic cavity