Reproductive Anatomy

Question 1

What is the equivalent of the oviduct in humans?

Answer 1

fallopian tube

Question 2

What 3 things are produced by the ovaries

Answer 2

• oocytes
• follicles
• hormones (estrogen)

Question 3

What is the site of folliculogenesis?

Answer 3

ovaries

Question 4

What is the purpose of the infundibulum?

Answer 4

catch eggs that are ovulated off rhe ovary and funnel them into the reproductive tract

Question 5

Where is the site of fertilization?

Answer 5

oviduct

Question 6

What is the oviduct?

Answer 6

A small tube connecting ovary to uterus

Question 7

Is the oviduct glandular?

Answer 7

yes

Question 8

What does the oviduct secrete

Answer 8

nutrients for the traveling embryo

Question 9

Site of early embryonic development?

Answer 9

oviduct

Question 10

What is the purpose of the oviduct?

Answer 10

transport eggs from the ovaries to uterine horns

Question 11

Where is the site of pregenancy?

Answer 11

uterus

Question 12

Is the uterus glandular?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

What passes through the uterus?

Answer 13

sperm

Question 14

What does the uterus initiate?

Answer 14

birth; parturition

Question 15

site of placental attatchment?

Answer 15

uterus

Question 16

What does the cervix produce?

Answer 16

lubrication (glandular)

Question 17

is bleeding the equivalent to human ovulation?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

What does bloody discharge mean in dogs?

Answer 18

close to heat (estrus)

Question 19

average dog litter size

Answer 19

5 puppies

Question 20

Average cat litter size

Answer 20

4 kittens

Question 21

gestation length for dogs

Answer 21

60 days

Question 22

gestation length for cats

Answer 22

65 days

Question 23

At what age do bitches reach sexual maturity?

Answer 23

5-15 months

Question 24

How early can bitches become pregnant?

Answer 24

first estrous cycle

Question 25

How many times per year do bitches cycle? how often?

Answer 25

1-3 times per year, every 7 months (depends on breed)

Question 26

What is anestrous?

Answer 26

rest period after estrous cycle

Question 27

What 4 things is length of anestrous dependant on? Average length?

Answer 27

• breed
• age
• health
• environment
  (4.5 months)

Question 28

What is proestrus?

Answer 28

preparing to ovulate, getting ready to mate; bloody discharge

Question 29

How long does proestrus last?

Answer 29

7-10 days

Question 30

How long does estrus last?

Answer 30

5-10 days

Question 31

When does ovulation occur? What happens?

Answer 31

• during estrus
• egg released from ovary

Question 32

when does diestrus occur?

Answer 32

occurs after estrus

Question 33

What is diestrus controlled by?

Answer 33

progesterone

Question 34

What produces progesterone?

Answer 34

corpus luteum

Question 35

What are the 2 results of diestrus?

Answer 35

• pregnancy
• psuedopregnancy

Question 36

How long after estrus will pseudopregnancy occur? How long does it last?

Answer 36

4-6 weeks after; lasts 60 days