Q 5: Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What ligaments hold the ovaries in place?

Answer 1

Ovarian ligament, suspensory ligament, mesovarium

Question 2

What arteries supply blood to the ovaries?

Answer 2

ovarian (gonadal) arteries

….and ovarian branch of uterine artery

Question 3

Is the venous drainage of ovaries symmetrical or asymmetrical?

Answer 3

Asymmetrical

Question 4

Where does the right ovarian vein drain into?

Answer 4

IVC

Question 5

Where does the left ovarian vein drain into?

Answer 5

left renal vein

Question 6

1) How many layers is the broad ligament comprised of?

2) Name them

Answer 6

1) two

2) mesometrium, mesosalpinx, mesovarium

Question 7

What three arteries have lots of anastomoses in the female reproductive system?

Answer 7

ovarian, uterine, and vaginal arteries all anastomotize (sp?) and feed the uterus

Question 8

What arteries come off the internal iliac artery to feed the female reproductive system?

Answer 8

uterine arteries and vaginal arteries

Question 9

What do the ovarian arteries branch off of?

Answer 9

abdominal aorta

Question 10

What are the superficial perineal muscles of the female reproductive system?

Answer 10

ishiocavernosus muscle and bulbospongiosus muscle

Question 11

What do ovaries PRODUCE?

Answer 11

female gametes (ova)

Question 12

what do ovaries SECRETE?

Answer 12

female sex organs (estrogen and progesterone)