Female Reproductive System Flashcards
What do the ovaries produce
female gametes + hormones
Name the area of attachment of mesovarium and ovary entrance
Hilus ovary
Name the depression on margo liber of the ovary - where fertilisation occurs
fossa ovarii
Which animal has fossa ovarii
Equine
Name the strucutre that contains blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics, CT and smooth muscle fibres in ovaries
Medulla ovarii
Give another name of medulla ovarii
Zona vasculosa ovarii
Name the zone in which the ovarian follicles are located
Zona parenchymatosa ovarii / cortex ovarii
Name the zone in the ovary where folliculi vesicles are located
Zona parenchymatosa
Give another name of cortex ovarii
Zona parenchymatosa ovarii
Name the structure that appears after ovulation
Corpus luteum
Name 3 types of corpus luteum
Corpus luteum verum
Corpus luteum spurium
Corpus luteum persistens
Which type of corpus luteum appears:
a) in non-pregnant animals
b) in preganant animals
a) Corpus luteum spurium
b) Corpus luteum verum
What kind of hormones do corpus luteum produce
Oxytocin
Progesterone
Name 2 extremities of the ovary
Extremitas uterina
Extremitas tubarina
What is the name of the cavity mesovarium, mesosalphinx and lig. ovarium proprium
Bursa ovarica
Name the structures in bursa ovarica
Mesovarium
Mesosalphinx
Lig. ovarium proprium
Name the lig. which connects the ovary to cornu uteri
Lig. ovarii proprium
In which animal does the bursa enclose the ovary completely
Dog
What lig. forms the cranial portion of the free border of the broad lig.
Lig suspensorium ovarii
Which animals have lig. suspensorium ovarii
Carnivores
Name the paired organs that receives and transports the oocyte to the uterus
tuba uterine
What structure receives the oocyte after ovulation
Infundibulum tubae uterine
What opening leads to the infundibulum tubae uterine
fimbriae tubae uterine
Name the place of fertilisation in the uterine tube
Ampulla tubae uterinae
Name the part of the salphinx where fertilisation occurs
Ampulla tubae uterinae
Name the narrow, convoluted segments of salphinx uterine tube
Isthmus tubae uterine
Give 2 other names of tuba uterine
Oviducts, salphinx