Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the male haploid cell called?

Answer 1

A spermatozoa

Question 2

What is the female haploid cell called?

Answer 2

A oocyte / ovum

Question 3

Where are the male and female haploid cells produced?

Answer 3

Testes and ovaries

Question 4

Where does the pelvic cavity lie?

Answer 4

Within the bony pelvis

Question 5

What is the pelvic floor?

Answer 5

Internal wall of skeletal muscle which separates pelvic cavity and perineum

Question 6

Where does the perineum lie?

Answer 6

inferior to the pelvic floor

Question 7

What is the pelvic roof formed by?

Answer 7

The parietal peritoneum

Question 8

What is the lining of the abdonimnal cavity called?

Answer 8

The parietal peritoneum

Question 9

What is the most inferior part of the peritoneal cavity in any upright female patient?

Answer 9

The recto-uterine pouch, The pouch of Douglas

Question 10

Where does any abnormal fluid drain to in the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 10

The recto-uterine pouch

Question 11

What is the other pouch, not Douglas called?

Answer 11

The vesico-uterine pouch

Question 12

What are the 3 layers of the uterine wall called?

Answer 12

Perimetrium, myometrium and endometrium

Question 13

Where does fertilisation usually occur?

Answer 13

The ampulla

Question 14

What gathers the ovum from the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 14

The fimbriae, into the infundibulum of uterine tube

Question 15

What moves the ovum in the uterine tubes?

Answer 15

Cilia

Question 16

Where does implantation usually occur?

Answer 16

The body of the uterus

Question 17

What happens during an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 17

A fertilised ovum implants outside of the uterine cavity

Question 18

What is the potential danger of an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 18

A haemorrhage

Question 19

What can cause peritonitis?

Answer 19

STIs

Question 20

How is female sterlisiation achieved?

Answer 20

Tubal ligation

Question 21

What is the prepuce?

Answer 21

Foreskin

Question 22

Where are sperm produced?

Answer 22

Seminiferous tubules

Question 23

What muscle helps to control the temperature of the testes?

Answer 23

Dartos muscle

Question 24

What type of muscle is the dartos muscle?

Answer 24

Smooth muscle

Question 25

What do the sperm pass into after they’re produced in the seminiferous tubules?

Answer 25

The rete testis, then head of epididymis which becomes the vas deferens

Question 26

What does the spermatic cord contain?

Answer 26

Vas deferens, testicular artery and pampiniform plexus of veins

Question 27

What causes torsion of the testis?

Answer 27

Twisting of the spermatic cord

Question 28

What is the danger of torsion of the testis?

Answer 28

Testicular necrosis

Question 29

What does the seminal gland produce?

Answer 29

Seminal fluid

Question 30

What occurs during an erection?

Answer 30

3 cylinders of erectile tissue become filled with blood at arterial pressure.

Question 31

What are the functions of the urethra?

Answer 31

Drains urine from bladder and passes semen in ejaculation.

Question 32

What are the accessory reproductive organs?

Answer 32

Vas deferens, seminal glands, prostate gland and penis.

Question 33

What is semen?

Answer 33

Sperm and seminal fluid

Question 34

What happens during male sterilisation?

Answer 34

The vas deferens is transected and its lumen is sutured closed.

Question 35

What is the optimum temp of sperm production?

Answer 35

One degree lower than average body temperature.

Question 36

Where do the testes originate in embryonic development?

Answer 36

The posterior wall of the abdominal cavity

Question 37

What happens to the testes by birth?

Answer 37

They have descended to the scrotum through the inguinal canal