Ruminant female genitalia Flashcards
Where are the ovaries in the cow?
Near wings of the ilia
What is fremitus?
Pulsation in the uterine artery that starts around 90 days of pregnancy. At 10 and 2 (clock)
What do you need to be careful for when catheterizing?
Suburethral diverticulum is a blind pouch below external urethral orifice
What is the difference between intercornual ligaments in small and large ruminants?
Small: only one
Ox: Ventral and dorsal
What happens to caruncles during pregnancy?
Together with cotyledons form placentomes. Move nutrients between mom and fetus
What is the fetal structure in the placentome?
Cotyledons
What supplies blood to the uterus?
- Ovarian artery
- Uterine branch from umbilical
- Vaginal artery from internal iliac
- Internal pudendal and its branches
What does the medial iliac drain?
Testis and spermatic cord; Ovary, uterine tube, and uterus
What does the sacral ln drain?
Intrapelvic urogenital organs
What does the ilofemoral ln drain?
Intra abdominal urogenital organs. and superficial inguinal
What does the superficial inguinal drain?
Scrotum, prepuce and penis; Udder, vulva, vestibule, and clitoris
What does the subiliac ln drain?
Prepuce
What does the sciatic ln drain?
Urogenital organs at the pelvic outlet
How many openings are in each teat?
1
What supplies blood to the udder?
- External pudendal artery
- Ventral perineal artery
