Female reproductive system

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

located near the caudal pole of the kidneys; right lies cranial to left and is dorsal to the duodenum

Question 2

Ovarian bursa

Answer 2

thin-walled peritoneal sac formed by the mesovarium and mesosalpinx; open to the peritoneal cavity by means of a slit-like orifice on the medial surface

Question 3

Uterine tube (oviduct)

Answer 3

courses cranially and then caudally through the lateral wall of the bursa on its way to the uterine horn; appears as a cord-like thickening within the wall of the bursa

Question 4

Infundibulum

Answer 4

dilated ovarian end of the uterine tube, has fimbriated margin and functions to engulf the oocyte after ovulation

Question 5

Fimbriae

Answer 5

function to close the opening into the peritoneal cavity at the time of ovulation and prevent transperitoneal migration of oocytes

Question 6

Abdominal ostium

Answer 6

entrance of the infundibulum into the uterine tube; region that fertilization takes place

Question 7

Tubouterine junction

Answer 7

entrance of the uterine tube into the wider uterine horn; site where sperm and ova are regulated in their transit

Question 8

Body of the uterus

Answer 8

where two uterine horns are joined together, cranial to the cervix, attached to the pelvis by the mesometrium

Question 9

Uterine horns

Answer 9

wider portion of the uterus, bilateral

Question 10

Broad ligaments

Answer 10

peritoneal folds on each side that attach to the lateral sublumbar region, suspend all the internal genitalia except the caudal part of the vagina, which is not covered by the peritoneum

Question 11

Mesometrium

Answer 11

arises from the lateral wall of the pelvis and the lateral part of the sublumbar region and attaches to the lateral part of the cranial end of the vagina, uterine cervix, and uterine body, and the corresponding uterine horn

Question 12

Mesovarium

Answer 12

continuation of the mesometrium, cranial part of the broad ligament, begins at the transverse plane through the cranial end of the uterine horn and attaches the ovary and the ligaments associated with the ovary to the lateral part of the sublumbar region

Question 13

Mesosalpinx

Answer 13

peritoneum that attaches the uterine tube to the mesovarium and forms with the mesovarium the wall of the ovarian burse

Question 14

Suspensory ligament of the ovary

Answer 14

joins the transversalis fascia medial to the dorsal end of the last rib; functions to hold the ovary in a relatively fixed position

Question 15

Proper ligament of the ovary

Answer 15

short, attaches the ovary to the cranial end of the uterine horn

Question 16

Round ligament of the uterus

Answer 16

has no function in the adult; passes through the inguinal canal and is wrapped by the vaginal process and adipose tissue; fold from the lateral layer of the mesometrium in its free border