Reproduction/Fetal Flashcards
What type of innervation is an erection?
(Point) Parasympathetic vasodilator activity allows for filing of erectile tissue
What type of innervation is reproductive emission?
(Load) Sympathetic contraction of smooth muscle in the ductus deferens and prostate gland moves spermatozoa and accessory gland fluids into pelvic urethra
What type of innervation is ejaculation?
(shoot) somatic innervation
causes rhythmic contractions of muscles, moving the semen through the urethra into the vagina
What muscles are contracted during ejaculation?
bulbospongiosus, ischiocavernosus, and urethralis skeletal muscles,
Main nerve supplying male reproductive organs with parasympathetic innervation
pelvic nerve
Main nerve supplying male reproductive organs with sympathetic innervation
hypogastric nerve
Main nerve supplying male reproductive organs with somatic innervation
pudendal nerve
Key components of both male and female anatomy that cause the coital tie
male- the glands penis (pars longus glandis and *pars bulbus glandis)
Female- vestibule and *vestibular bulbs
How long is canine gestation?
range of 59-63 days
63 days is commonly accepted
On what day of gestation are all major organs formed in the fetus?
35
What span of time does most of the growth occur in gestation?
35-60 days
When is pregnancy able to be confirmed by radiograph?
possible around day 42
Day 45 onward is commonly accepted
What type of species has bone development that is incomplete at birth?
altricial species (carnivores)
Species whose young are immediately and quickly mobile
precocial species (cattle/horses)
What is the problem with fetal circulation?
not all fetal organs are able to handle the volume of blood that will come their way after birth, these organs must be trained
Solution: use shunts to decrease the volume
what are the 3 shunts in fetal circulation?
ductus venosus (the duct of the veins)
foramen ovale
ductus arteriosus ( the duct of the arteries)
Where is the ductus venous? What kind of shunt is the persistent ductus venosus?
the liver; a portosystemic shunt
Where does the foramen ovale shunt blood to?
the left atrium
What is it called when the foramen ovale doesn’t close right after birth?
a patent foramen ovale
can be normal in newborns
where is the ductus arteriosus?
between the pulmonary trunk and aorta just distal to where the left subclavian branches