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Reproductive system Flashcards

1
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What is a gamete?

A

Haploid sex cell

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2
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What is a male gamete called?

A

Spermatozoa

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3
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What is a female gamete called?

A

Oocyte or ovum

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4
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What are gametes produced by?

A

Gonads

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5
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What are the male gonads?

A

Testes

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6
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What are the female gonads?

A

Ovaries

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7
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What happens during normal fertilization?

A

Ovum goes from ovary to ampulla of uterine tube and many spermatozoa goes from testis ti vagina

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8
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Where does the pelvic cavity lie?

A

Within the bony pelvis between the pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet

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9
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What is the pelvic cavity continuous with?

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Abdominal cavity

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10
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What is the pelvic floor(also known as pelvic diaphragm)?

A

Internal wall of skeletal muscle that separates the pelvic cavity and the perineum

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11
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What is the perineum?

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Inferior to pelvic floor, situated between the proximal parts of the lower limbs

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12
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What is the pelvic roof/peritoneum?

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Firmly attached to walls, drapes over pelvic cavity, lowest point in peritineal cavity

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13
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What gathers in the pelvic roof/peritoneum?

A

Fluid

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14
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What is the peritoneal cavity?

A

The space between visceral and parietal cavity

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15
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What structure is the most inferior part of the peritoneal cavity in an upright female?

A

The pouch of Douglas

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16
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What is the pouch of douglas?

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Double folding of the peritoneum between the rectum and the posterior wall of the uterus

17
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What is the utero-vesicle pouch?

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Double folding of the peritoneum between the anterior surface of the uterus and the bladder

18
Q

What are the 3 layers of the uterus wall?

A

Perimetrium
Myometrium
Endometrium

19
Q

What are the 2 common uterus positions?

A

Anteverted and anteflexed

20
Q

What does anteverted mean?

A

Cervix tipped anteriorly relative to axis of the vagina

21
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What does anteflexed mean?

A

Uterus tipped anteriorly relative to the axis of the cervix

22
Q

Where do ovaries develop?

A

On the posterior abdominal wall

23
Q

What 2 things do ovaries secrete in response to pituitary hormones?

A

Oestrogen and progesterone

24
Q

Where does the ovarian artery come from/

A

Posterior abdominal wall

25
Q

What does the internal iliac artery do?

A

Supplies most of the blood supply to organs in the pelvis and some aspects of the perineum

26
Q

Where does fertilization occur?

A

Ampulla

27
Q

Where does implantation occur?

A

Body of uterus

28
Q

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

A

When a fertilized ovum implants outside the uterine cavity

29
Q

What is the name for female sterilisation?

A

Tubal ligation

30
Q

What are the male reproductive organs?

A

Testes, accessory reproductive organs

31
Q

What are the accessory reproductive organs in males?

A

Vas deferens, prostate gland and penis

32
Q

What is the retrovesical pouch?

A

The double folding of the peritoneum located between the rectum and the bladder

33
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Where do the testes originate during development?

A

On the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity

34
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What happens to the testes by birth?

A

Descend into the scrotum through anterior abdominal wall

35
Q

Where are sperm produced?

A

In seminiferous tubules

36
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What is the pathway of sperm?

A

Pass to rete testis then into head of epididymis
epidiymis becomes vas deferens

37
Q

What does the spermatic cord contain?

A

Vas deferens, testicular artery and pampiniform plexus of veins

38
Q

What is torsion of the testis?

A

Twisting of the spermatic cord, disrupts blood supply

39
Q

What is a form of male sterilisation?

A

Vasectomy

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