Large Animal Repro Flashcards
What animal has a rounded ventral commissure
Mare
What areas do you swab for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)?
Clitoral sinuses
Clitoral fossa
Cervix (pregnant or mid-cycle)
Endometrium (estrus)
What is the blind sac in the floor of in the urethra of the cow and sow?
Suburethral diverticulum
What blood vessels supply the vagina, vestibule, and vulva in the cow and mare?
Branches of the internal pudendal artery - vaginal artery, ventral perineal
Branches of the external pudendal artery
What ligament lies between the horns of the bicornate uterus?
Intercornual liganments
What ate the oval/round thickening in the uterus of the cow and ewe?
Caruncles
What is the function of caruncles??
Only site in the uterus to form attachements with fetal membranes
Caruncles in the cow are ____________ and ___________ in the ewe. (Concave/convex)
Caruncles in the cow are convex and concave in the ewe
How does the mare, cow, and sow cervix differ from each other?
Cow= cervical folds Mare= longitudinal folds Sow= interdigitating muscosal promincences (junctions are ill defined)
What is the blood supply to the uterus in the cow?
Aorta -> ovarian artery -> uterine branch
- > Internal iliac -> umbilical -> uterine artery -> uterine branches (ovarian and vaginal) - > internal pudendal -> vaginal ->uterine branch
What is the blood supply to the uterus in the mare?
Aorta -> ovarian a -> uterine branch
- > -> external iliac -> uterine artery -> uterine branch - > internal iliac -> internal pudendal -> vaginal -> uterine branch
The uterine tube is divided into what three parts?
Infundibulum
Ampulla
Isthmus
In what species is the ovarian medulla and cortex reversed
Mare
Ovulation only occurs at one location, the ovulation fossa
What is the blood supply to the ovaries?
Aorta -> ovarian a
What is the main uterine supply in the mare?
External iliac -> uterine a.
What is the main uterine supply in the cow?
Umbilical artery -> uterine artery
Where is the ovarian bursa located?
Sac formed by the mesovarium and mesospalpinx
The mammary of a cow each contains how many gland systems?
One
What are the components of the suspensory apparatus of the mammae?
Lateral laminae (fibrous) Medial laminae (elastic)
The cow has __________ mammary glands, each called a _____________.
Four, quarter
The mare mammae has a right and left gland containing how many gland systems?
Two
What is the pathway of milk production in the mammary glands?
Glandular tissue -> lactiferous ducts -> lactiferous sinus (gland sinus and teat sinus)
Gland sinus -> teat canal ->teat orifice
Where is the glands sinus located in the mammae?
Base of the teat