Final Lab Exam: Female Reproductive System

Question 1

Labium majora

Answer 1

• Pair of thick folds of skin and adipose tissue inferior to mons
• Pudendal cleft is between

Question 2

Labia minora

Answer 2

• thin, hairless folds medial to labia majora
• Space between forms vestibule which contains urethral and vaginal openings
• Anterior margins of labia minora join to form hood-like prepuce over clitoris

Question 3

Ovaries with ovum

Answer 3

any stage from the primary oocyte to the time of fertilization

Question 4

Oviduct (uterine tube)

Answer 4

• canals about 10 cm long leading from ovary to uterus
• Regions: Infundibulum-flared distal (ovarian) end with feathery fimbriae Ampulla-middle and longest part Isthmus—narrowed portion near uterus
• Enfolded in mesosalpinx-superior margin of broad ligament
• Wall is muscular, lined with ciliated cells and secretory cells
  • Cilia beat toward the uterus to help move egg in that direction

Question 5

Fimbriae

Answer 5

Feathery end of the uterine tube

Question 6

Infundibulum

Answer 6

flared distal (ovarian) end with feathery fimbriae

Question 7

Ampulla

Answer 7

middle and longest part

Question 8

Isthmus

Answer 8

narrowed portion near uterus

Question 9

Uterus

Answer 9

• thick muscular chamber that opens into roof of vagina
• usually tilts forward over urinary bladder
• harbors fetus, provide a source of nutrition, expels the fetus at the end of its development
• pear shaped organ–fundus: broad superior curvature–body: middle portion–cervix: cylindrical inferior end

Question 10

Cervical canal

Answer 10

• passage that connects lumen of uterus to vagina
• superior opening of canal into body of uterus is the internal os
• inferior opening of canal into vagina is the external os

Question 11

Vagina

Answer 11

• distensible muscular tube 8 to 10 cm in length
• allows for discharge of menstrual fluid, receipt of penis and semen, birth of baby
• wall contains outer adventitia, middle muscularis, inner mucosa
• tilted posteriorly between rectum and urethra
• extends slightly beyond cervix as a blind pouch (fornix)
• vaginal epithelium at childhood is simple cuboidal changes to stratified squamout at puberty

Question 12

Corpus luteum

Answer 12

ovulation around day 14 of the 2-week follicular phase results in the remainder of that follicle which becomes the corpus luteum

Question 13

Follicles

Answer 13

each egg develops in its own fluid-filled follicle