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Reproductive Tracts Flashcards

1
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Organs common to male and female reproductive tracts

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Gonads

Ducts

Accessory glands

Copulatory glands

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Muscle outside of the vaginal tunic; contracts for protection and warmth; pulls on the inside of the tunic

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Cremaster

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The scrotum is derived from skin and gets blood and nerve supply from

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Cutaneous sources

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4
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Walls of the scrotum

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Thin skin

Tunica dartos (smooth muscle and connective tissue)

External spermatic fascia

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5
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Attaches the testis to the dorsal abdominal wall

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Mesorchium

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Attaches the testis to the mesonephric duct

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Gubernaculum

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A steering ligament that becomes the tail of the epididymis

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Gubernaculum

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Species that are “late descenders” and commonly suffer from cryptorchidism

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Horses and boars

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The cavity of the vaginal tunic is continuous with the

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Peritoneal cavity

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10
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The proximal portion of the Gubernaculum becomes the

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Proper ligament of the testis

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The distal portion of the Gubernaculum becomes the

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Ligament of the tail of the epididymis

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12
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The internal evagination of the the peritoneum contained in the evagination of the abdominal wall

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Vaginal process

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13
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Forms as a result of the evagination of the abdominal wall containing the vaginal process

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Cavity of the vaginal tunic

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14
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Layers of the vaginal tunic

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Tunica vaginalis, parietal layer

Tunica vaginalis, visceral layer

Spermatic cord, testis, epididymis

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15
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Converge to form the spermatic cord

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Mesorchium

Mesoductus deferens

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Contents of the Mesorchium

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Testicular artery

Pampiniform plexus

Testicular nerves

Lympahtics

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17
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Contents of the mesoductus deferens

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Ductus deferens

Blood and nerve supply (from pelvic cavity)

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18
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Formed by the gap between the abdominal obliques

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Deep inguinal ring

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19
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Structures surrounding the testes

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Tunica vaginalis

Spermatic fascia

Cremaster muscle

Wall of the scrotum

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20
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Seminal vesicle is only in

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Stallion

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21
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A paired accessory gland that lies dorsolateral to the neck of the bladder, wholly or partly within the genital fold

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Vesicular gland

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22
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Accessory gland associated with the pelvic urethra

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Prostate gland

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23
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Accessory gland on the dorsal surface of the pelvic urethra

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Bulbourethral gland

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24
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2 parts of the urethra

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Pelvic and penile

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25
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What goes through the inguinal canal but not the vaginal tunic?

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Testicular artery

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26
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Nerve that travels with the cremaster muscle

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Genitofemoral

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27
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Surrounds the crura of the penis

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Ischiocavernosus

28
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Components of the root of the penis

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2 crura

Bulb

29
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3 parts of the penis

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Root

Body

Glans

30
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Internal erectile bodies of the penis

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Corpus spongiosum

Corpus cavernosum

31
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Where does the penis lie in the flaccid state?

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Preputial cavity

32
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Species where prostate is firm and located with a distal isthmus

33
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Species with hollow, pair shaped vesicular glands, also known as seminal vesicles

34
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Species where bulbous ethereal glands are thinly covered by skeletal muscle

35
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Species with a musculocavernous penis that has:

Corpora filled with trabeculae containing smooth muscle

Extensive bulbospongiosus

Glans with a long dorsal process

36
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3 major arteries supplying blood to the genitalia of the stallion

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External pudendal

Internal pudendal

Obturator

37
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The length of the bull penis depends on

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The straightening of the sigmoid flexure

38
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Species that has a long and pendulous scrotum that may reach the level of the hock. The scrotum has rudimentary teats on the cranial surface

39
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Species with a dorsal urethral recess (diverticulum) located caudal to the is hail arch

40
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The significance of the dorsal urethral recess in the bull

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It makes it difficult to catheterize

41
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Species with a fibroelastic penis with:

a sigmoid flexure,

A twisted free part of the penis associated with the apical ligament

Poorly developed glans with a prominent urethral process

42
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Significance of the fornix of the vagina

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Provides access to the peritoneal cavity without having to go through the linea Alba

43
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Border of the ovary that is not covered with visceral peritoneum

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Mesovarium

44
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The ovum ruptures through the outer ___ and peritoneum into the ___, a peritoneal pocket formed in part by the ___

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Tunica albuginea

Ovarian bursa

Mesosalpinx

45
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Connects the uterine horn to the ovary and forms part of the ovarian bursa

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Proper ligament of the ovary

46
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The expanded end of the uterine tube that opens into the ovarian bursa

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Infundibulum

47
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Suspends the uterine tubes

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Mesosalpinx

48
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Parts of the uterus

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Cervix, body, and 2 uterine horns

49
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Layers of the uterus

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Endometrium

Myometrium

Perimetrium

50
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Folds in the vagina

51
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Part of the vagina surrounded by the labia

Site of the major vestibular gland emptying on the lateral sides and the external urethral orifice on the ventral floor

52
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Formed by the labioscrotal swellings and exhibits dorsal and ventral commissures across the midline

53
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Female homologue of the penis

54
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Location of the clitoris

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Ventral commissure of the labia

55
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Surrounds the clitoris

56
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Location of ovaries in the mare

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Abdominal cavity

57
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Location of ovaries in the heifer

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Pelvic cavity

58
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Where does ovulation occur in the mare?

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Ovulation fossa

59
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Species with a shallow ovarian bursa, due in part to a small mesosalpinx

60
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Species with short uterine horns and long uterine body

61
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Species with a firm cervix with longitudinal folds of endometrium that forms a distinct vaginal fornix

62
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Species with large vestibular bulbs

63
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Species with mushroom shaped endometrium forming uterine caruncles and a long cervix with transverse folds

64
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Connects the caudal ends of the uterine horns in the cow

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Intercornual ligament

65
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What happens to a cow’s ovaries after they calve?

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The move into the abdominal cavity and stay there

66
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What in the vestibule makes urinary catheterization in the cow difficult?

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Suburethral diverticulum

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