Male and Female Reproductive Anatomy Flashcards
What is the default gonad phenotype?
Female
What are female and male chromosomes?
Female - XX
Male- XY
What is the female equivalent of the penis?
Clitoris
What is the female corpora cavernosa
Corpora cavernosa clitoris
What is the male equivalent of the bulb of vesibule?
Corpus Spongiosum
What is the male equivalent of the llabia minora?
Ventral penile raphe
What is the male equivalent of the labia majora
Scrotum
What is the male equivalent of the ovarian and round ligaments?
Gubernaculum testis
Do males or females have a longer urethra?
Males
What do ovaries do?
Produce oocytes and sex hormones
What do the uterine/fallopian tubes do?
Passageway for ovum or gamete from the ovary to the uterus
What does the uterus do?
Menstruation, implantation, gestation, labor
What does the vagina do?
Canal from external environment to uterus. Roles in sex, menstruation, pregnancy and childbirth.
Where is the vesicouterine pouch?
Between the “vessicle” or bladder and the uterus
Where is the rectouterine pouch?
Between uterus and rectum
Where is the lowest part of the female pelvis that fluid can collect?
The rectouterine pouch
What are the fornices of the vagina?
recessed formed by the cervix
What is the mons pubis?
rounded area of adipose tissue overlying the pubic symphysis
What is the labia majora?
Ridges of skin inferior and posterior to mons pubis. Outer surface is covered in hair.
What is the labia minora?
Paired ridges flanking vestibule
What is the vestibule?
space between labia major
contains urethra, vagina, and greater vestibular glands
What is the clitoris?
Erective tissue (crura, body, glans)
What is the bulb of vestibule?
Erective tissue on either side of the vestibule
What are the greater vestibular glands?
Mucus secreting lands on either side of the vestibule
What are the three parts of the broad ligament?
Mesometrium, mesovarium, mesosalpinx
What structures make up the uterine tube?
Isthmus, Ampulla, Infundibulum, fimbriae