Female Reproductive Anatomy

Question 1

Where does the mare uterus lie during pregnancy

Answer 1

Uterus lies on the ventral body wall

Question 2

Where does the cow uterus lie during pregnancy

Answer 2

Displaced to the right, by the rumen

Question 3

Where does the ovary of the bitch lie in the body cavity

Answer 3

Ovary is caudal to the caudal pole of the associated kidney. Close to the last rib

Question 4

Broad ligament

Answer 4

Bilateral sheets that anchor organs to abdominal roof and pelvic walls

Question 5

2 layered tissue that sandwiches the reproductive tract

Answer 5

Peritoneum

Question 6

Peritoneum fold of the uterus

Answer 6

Mesometrium

Question 7

Peritoneum fold of the oviduct

Answer 7

Mesosalphinx

Question 8

Peritoneum fold of the ovary

Answer 8

Mesovarium

Question 9

Lateral fold of the Peritoneum

Answer 9

Round ligament uterus

Question 10

Fold of the peritoneum that covers or hides the ovary

Answer 10

Ovarian bursa which is an enclosed pouch

Question 11

Size of bitch ovarian bursa

Answer 11

DEEP

Question 12

Size of the mare ovarian burrsa

Answer 12

Shallow

Question 13

Suspensory Ligament

Answer 13

Peritoneal fold that attaches cranial pole ovary to the abdominal wall adjacent to the last rib

Question 14

Ligament of the uterine horns

Answer 14

Inter-cornual ligament

Question 15

Proper ligament

Answer 15

Caudal pole of ovary to the adjacent horn

Question 16

3 Veins of the female reproductive tract

Answer 16

Ovarian, uterine, and vaginal vein

Question 17

4 Arteries of the female reproductive tract

Answer 17

Uterine branch of the ovarian artery, Ovarian artery from the aorta, Uterine artery from int. illiac, Vaginal artery

Question 18

Benefit of the blood supply to the ovary

Answer 18

The artery is in close contact with the vein, allowing the transfer of PG/PGF2a

Question 19

What is the cause of acute death following parturition in the mare?

Answer 19

Rupture of the uterine artery

Question 20

Lymphatic drainage

Answer 20

Lymph drains into the aortic and sacral-iliac lymph nodes

Question 21

What type of innervation is in the female reproductive tract

Answer 21

Motor and autonomic. (Parasympathetic and sympathetic)

Question 22

Innervation to the ovary

Answer 22

Parasympathetic from Vegas and Sympathetic from inter/caudal mesenteric plexus

Question 23

What supplies the vulva

Answer 23

Motor nerves

Question 24

Result of a disruption of the nerve supply in the female reproductive tract?

Answer 24

Little apparent effect on reproduction

Question 25

Ovary Function

Answer 25

Produce the female gamete. Hormone production

Question 26

How does the ovary produce the female gamete: oocyte

Answer 26

Oogenesis and folliculogenesis

Question 27

Folliculogenesis

Answer 27

Development of the follicle/hormonal support

Question 28

OOgenesis

Answer 28

Development of the oocyte

Question 29

Location of mare ovulation

Answer 29

Ovulation Fossa. Reversed Cortex and Medulla

Question 30

Empty follicle after ovulation

Answer 30

Corpus albicans

Question 31

Functions of the oviduct

Answer 31

Gamete transport, site of fertilization, secretion of molecules that support fertilization and early embryo development

Question 32

Rabbit and mouse uterus classification

Answer 32

Duplex

Question 33

Pig and bitch uterus classification

Answer 33

Bicornate with long uterine horns

Question 34

Cow, ewe, doe uterus classification

Answer 34

Bicornate with smaller uterine horns

Question 35

Mare uterus classification

Answer 35

Bicornate with larger uterine body, small uterine horns

Question 36

Function of cervix

Answer 36

Transport, block, reservoir for sperm. Blocking bacteria. Birth canal

Question 37

Cervical Plug

Answer 37

Thick mucus secretion to protect uterus from infection during pregnancy

Question 38

Cow and ewe cervical structure

Answer 38

Annular rings

Question 39

Mare cervical structure

Answer 39

Longitudinal folds

Question 40

Sow cervical structure

Answer 40

Cork-screw like, interdigitating prominences. No fornix

Question 41

What part of the oviduct is the site of fertilization

Answer 41

Ampullary-isthmus junction

Question 42

Parts of the Oviduct

Answer 42

Infundibulum, Ampulla, and Isthmus