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Introduction to the Reproductive System Flashcards

1
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Gamete

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Haploid cell

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2
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Male gamete

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Spermatozoa

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3
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Female gamete

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0ocyte or ovum

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Pelvic cavity

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Lies within the bony pelvis, between the pelvic inlet and the pelvic outlet, continuous with abdominal cavity

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Pelvic floor

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Internal wall of skeletal muscle that separates the pelvic cavity and the perineum

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Perineum

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Inferior to pelvic floor, situated between the proximal parts of lower limbs

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Pelvic roof

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Formed by parietal peritoneum (lining of the abdominal cavity)

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Peritoneal cavity

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Space between visceral and parietal caurity

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Rectouterine pouch (of Douglas)

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Double folding of the peritoneum between the rectum and the posterior wall of the uterus. Most interior part of the peritone al cavity in an upright female patient

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Utero-vesicle pouch

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Double folding of the peritoneum between the anterior surface of the uterus and the bladder

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Female reproductive organs

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Ovaries
Accessory reproductive organs - uterine tubes, uterus, vagina

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Layers of uterusa walls

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Perimetrium
Myometrium
Endometrium

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Ovulation & menstruation

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  1. Ova released from ovaries into peritoneal cavity
  2. Ovum gathered by fimbriae into infundibulum of uterine tube
  3. Ovum moved along uterine tube by cilia until it reachers the uterus
  4. During menstruation, an unfertilised ovum is expelled by contractions of the myometrium
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14
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Fertilisation usually occurs in…

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The ampulla

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15
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Implantation usually occurs in…

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The body of the uterus

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16
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Ectopic pregnancy

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Fertilised ovum implants outside of the uterine cavity

17
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Male reproductive organs

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Testes
Accessory reproductive organs - vas deferens, prostate gland, penis

18
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What happens during erection?

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3 cylinders of erectile tissue become filled with blood at arterial pressure

19
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Retrovesical pouch

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Double folding of the peritoneum located between the rectum and the bladder

20
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Development of the testes

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During development the testis originate on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity
By birth they have descended into the scrotum through the anterior abdominal wall

21
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Where are spermatozoa produced?

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In the seminiferous tubules

22
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Sperm pass…

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To rete testis, then into head of epididymis
Epididymis becomes vas deferens

23
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Spermatic cord contains:

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Vas deferens
Testicular artery
pampiniform plexus of veins

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