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
what is the mesentery of the uterine tube?
mesosalpinx
which is the portion of broad ligament.
what forms the inferior part of the uterus?
Cervix
The inferior part of the cervix projects in the superior part pf the vagina to form what?
forms fornix around the margin of the cervix
The central cervix canal has 2 opening?name them?
internal os
external os
internal os?
opens to the uterine cavity superiorly
opens inferior to the vagina ?
External os.
why the cervix is the most narrowed part ?
because it needs to close everything off.
Broad ligament
is a Peritoneal fold in the coronal plane that runs from the lateral pelvic wall to the uterus .
Name 3 parts of broad ligament?
- mesovarium- mesentery of ovaries- posterior extension
- mesosalpinx- mesentery of uterine tubes- superiorly
3.Mesometrium- largest