Female Reproductive System Flashcards
Four muscles that compress the vagina
Bulbospongiosus, external urethral sphincter, urethrovaginal sphincter, pubovaginalis
Three layers of the uterus wall?
Perimetrium - Outer layer sesora
Myometrium - middle layer, blood vessels and nerves
Endometrium - inner mucous layer, this layer sheds through menstruation and is where the blastocyst implants
Four sections of the uterine tube
Infundibulum - distal funnel shaped leading to abdominal ostium, has the fimbraie
Ampulla - middle longest part, fertilisation usually occurs here
Isthmus - thick walls leading to the uterine horn
Uterine part - part that opens up at the uterine horn into the uterine cavity at the uterine ostium.
The broad ligament is made up of 3 main parts?
Mesometrium
Mesosalpinx
Mesovarium