Reproductive system: Female Flashcards
Name the major components of female genitilia?
bilateral ovaries
uterus, vagina and clitoris
where do ovaries develop
from the abdominal
against the posterior abdominal wall.
Explain the coarse of the ovaries before birth?
Descend to the lateral pelvic wall with their blood vessels , lymph and nerves.
Name the ovaries mesentery?
Mesovarium
posterior extension of broad ligament.
function of the mesovarium?
to suspend the ovaries.
makes the ovaries intraperitoneal
it attaches ovaries to the lateral pelvic wall.
suspensory ligament, attaches to the superior
Ovarian ligament
attaches to the inferior pole.
Ovarian ligament
attaches to the inferior pole.
The ligament that attaches the ovaries to the lateral uterine wall
Ovarian ligament.
carries neurovasculature to the pole.
which ligament continues anterolaterally as round ligament of the uterus?
Ovarian ligament.
Ovarian arteries
branch directly from the abdominal aorta
Ovarian veins
Left ovarian vein ascends to drain into the left renal vein
Right ovarian vein ascends to drain into the inferior vena cava
what course do vessels have superficia to the ureters and iliac arteries?
Thye course Retroperitineally
Lymphatics leave pelvic cavity superiorly to drain where?
into lateral aortic and lumbar lymph nodes
The uterine tube
They run superior to the body and inferior to the fundus