Female Reproductive Tract

Question 1

Describe the uterus

Answer 1

Covered single layer of modified mesoderm

Poorly defined connective tissue layer - tunica albunginae

Stroma - divided into cortex and medulla

Question 2

Describe regression of granulosa cells

Answer 2

Decrease in cell size

Develop pyknotic nuclei

Accumulate abnormal lipid

Cell undergo dissolution and are phagocytosed

Progressive fibrosis by ingrowth of connective tissue