Intro Flashcards
What are the glands of the vagina that are involved with lubrication for sexual activity
skene glands
bartholin glands
What is in the cervix
posterior fornix
external os
transformation zone
What is in the Uterus
Endometrium
myometrium
perimetrium
What are the parts of the fallopian tubes
infundibulum
ampulla
isthmus
What is the female reproductive tract embryology
3 germ cell layers Gonads - ovaries (mesoderm) - oocytes (ectoderm) ducts (mesoderm) - fallopian tubes - uterus - upper vagina External genitalia/lower vagina (endoderm)
What is required for differentiation of female sex system
genetics proteins hormones ovaries regression of male sex characteristics
What are the genetics of females
46, XX
What duct forms the female reproductive system
Paramesonephric (Mullerian)
- Upper (fallopian tubes)
- Lower fuses (uterus, cervix, upper vagina)
What forms the external genitalia
lower vagina (Mullerian duct contacting urogenital sinus) labia majora (labioscrotal swelling) labia minora (urogenital folds) clitoris (genital tubercle)
What are types of abnormal development
Genetic - ovotesticular - testictular - Turner syndrome Androgen excess - cogenital adrenal hyperplasia Structural
What is present at birth for a female
2 ovaries 1 uterus 1 cervix 1 vagina 1 million follicles
What happens in puberty for a female
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian axis is activated - GnRH released * cause sex steroid to be released Menarche - avg. age 12 yrs - first menstrual cycle
What is the reproductive cycle
- 28 days
- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian axis regulate cycle
- oocyte development and ovulation
- endometrial development
- embryo implantation
What is the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian axis
Hypothalamus - Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
Pituitary - Gonadotropins
- FSH
- LH
Ovaries - Sex steroid hormones
- Estrogen
- Progesterone
- inhibin, activin, follistatin
what are Endometrium cycles
follicular phase = proliferative phase
- grow
ovulation
- thickest
luteal phase = secretory phase
- progesterone cover into stroma
menstruation
- sloughing off