Female Reproductive System Flashcards
1
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Systemic effects
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- homeostasis
- secondary sex characteristics
2
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Organization
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Gonads - ovaries, testicles Tubular structures - associated with lower urinary tract Accessory glandular structures - species/gender variation
3
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Female repro system
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- ovaries
- oviducts (infundibulum)
- uterus (cervix)
- vagina
- vulva
- mammary glands
4
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Ovaries
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Bilateral, mid-abdomen Produce - gametes (ova) - steroid hormones (estrogens, progestins) Cortex/medulla - ova - stromal cells
5
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Ova is kept in the ____ and ovulates in the _____
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Cortex; cervix
- opposite in horses
6
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Follicular development
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- primary follicle
- secondary follicle: granulosa increases, antrum forms
- tertiary follicle
- zona pellucida, granulosa cells, antrum*
7
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Tertiary (Graffian) follicle
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Antrum enlarges even more, fills with fluid of the follicle
- can feel tertiary follicles grossly
- granulosa cells form cumulus oophorus (stalk that propels ovum into the peritoneal cavity)
8
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Post-ovulation structures
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Corpus luteum - yellow body - can palpate grossly Corpus albicans - white body - corpus luteum degenerates in the absence of pregnancy
9
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Oviduct
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Infundibulum Mucosa - folds - ciliated columnar - "peg" cells: produces fluid Smooth muscle Serosa *submucosa is more cellular, do not get confused with tracheal epithelium*
10
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Female tubular structures
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Uterus and cervix
Endometrium: mucosa
Myometrium: smooth muscle and vessels
Perimetrium: visceral peritoneum
11
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Vagina, vestibule, vulva
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Mucosa - stratified squamous (non keratinized) Muscularis - smooth Serosa: found in anterior vagina, not posterior segments
12
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Mammary gland
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- species and gender variation
- modified sweat glands
- myoepithelium
- cyclic development/atrophy
13
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More old/used mammary glands have ____
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Fibrous CT
14
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Milk is ____, stains _____
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Protein; pink
