Principles: Th Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the rectouterine pouch? AKA pouch of Douglas

Answer 1

this is the most inferior part of the peritoneal cavity?

Question 2

What are the orifices of the female perineum?

Answer 2

external urethral orifice
vaginal orifice
anus

Question 3

what is the female reproductive organ?

Answer 3

ovaries

Question 4

what are the accessory reproductive organs of a female?

Answer 4

uterine tubes, uterus and vagina

Question 5

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 5

fertilised ovum implants out-with the uterine cavity

Question 6

what is the potential danger of an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 6

haemorrhage

Question 7

what does female sterilisation involve?

Answer 7

tubal ligation

• both uterine tubes
• clipped and cut
• this blocks the lumen

Question 8

where is sperm produced?

Answer 8

seminiferous tubules

Question 9

how does sperm leave the body?

Answer 9

• sperm produced through the rate testis
• into the head of the epididymis
• epidisymis becomes vas deferens (a tube that sperm follows through)

Question 10

what does the spermatic cord contain?

Answer 10

vas deferens
testicular artery
pampiniform plexus of veins

Question 11

what does male sterilisation involve?

Answer 11

cutting of both vas deferens