Female Reproductive System Flashcards

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Four muscles that compress the vagina

A

Bulbospongiosus, external urethral sphincter, urethrovaginal sphincter, pubovaginalis

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Three layers of the uterus wall?

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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

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Four sections of the uterine tube

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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.

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The broad ligament is made up of 3 main parts?

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Mesometrium
Mesosalpinx
Mesovarium

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