Lesson 6C (Part 3)

Question 1

Broad ligament

Answer 1

A large fold of peritoneum that covers uterus, uterine tubes and ovaries

Question 2

What does the broad ligament do?

Answer 2

It divides the pelvis into anterior and posterior portions

Question 3

What does the anterior portion of the broad ligament hold?

Answer 3

The bladder

Question 4

What does the posterior portion of the broad ligament hold?

Answer 4

The rectum

Question 5

Where does the round ligaments extend from?

Answer 5

The uterine horns to the anterior pelvic wall

Question 6

What does the round ligaments pass through?

Answer 6

The inguinal canal

Question 7

What does the round ligament attach onto after it passes through the inguinal canal?

Answer 7

To the subcutaneous tissue of the labia majora

Question 8

What does the uterosacral ligament connect?

Answer 8

The uterus and the sacrum

Question 9

Where does the lateral cervical ligament extend?

Answer 9

From the lateral walls of the cervix to the pelvis

Question 10

What does the cardinal ligament do?

Answer 10

Stabilizes the cervix

Question 11

What is another term for the lateral cervical ligaments?

Answer 11

The cardinal ligaments

Question 12

Where is the uterine horn?

Answer 12

Between the superior portion of the uterus and the superior portions of the fallopian tubes

Question 13

Where is a common pain for pregnant women?

Answer 13

In the round ligaments

Question 14

Why is the round ligament a common pain for pregnant women?

Answer 14

Because when the fetus grows it stretches this ligament

Question 15

What does the round ligament do?

Answer 15

It keeps the uterus in the anteverted position

Question 16

What does the mesovarium do?

Answer 16

It attaches the ovary to the posterior layer of the broad ligament

Question 17

What does the ovarian ligament do? (2)

Answer 17

1. Attaches the ovary to the lateral wall of uterus

2. A cord like thickening in the broad ligament

Question 18

What is the suspensory ligament?

Answer 18

An extension of the broad ligament

Question 19

What does the suspensory ligament do? (2)

Answer 19

1. Carries the ovarian vessels

2. Attaches the ovary to the lateral pelvic wall

Question 20

Where is the mesovarium?

Answer 20

Top part of the broad ligament

Question 21

Salpinx

Answer 21

Uterine tube

Question 22

Metrium

Answer 22

Uterus

Question 23

How long is the ovary?

Answer 23

3cm

Question 24

How many primary oocytes does the ovary hold at birth?

Answer 24

250,000

Question 25

Ovarian fossa

Answer 25

Shallow depression in the lateral wall of the pelvis on either side of the uterus

Question 26

Where are the uterine tubes located?

Answer 26

In the upper border of the broad ligament

- slender tubes

Question 27

How long are the uterine tubes?

Answer 27

10cm

Question 28

Where do the uterine tubes extend from?

Answer 28

The upper lateral angle of the uterus to the ovarian region

Question 29

What is the lumen continuous with?

Answer 29

The uterine cavity

Question 30

Infundibulum

Answer 30

Is a funnel-shaped distal portion of the uterine tube

Question 31

What does the infundibulum contain?

Answer 31

Fimbriae

Question 32

Fimbriae

Answer 32

Finger like extensions in the uterine tube

Question 33

Are ovaries and the uterine tube connected?

Answer 33

No

Question 34

What is the distal portion of the fallopian tubes?

Answer 34

The infundibulum

Question 35

What kind of motions do fimbriae make?

Answer 35

Sweeping motions to try and catch eggs and pulls it in