Surgery for Female Reproductive Tract Flashcards
What peritoneal sac do the ovaries sit within?
Ovarian bursa
What anatomical feature is present to prevent loss of oocytes into the peritoneal cavity?
At the entrance near the opening of the ovarian bursa, it has a wide, funnel-shaped infundibulum which is fringed with fimbriae
What is the exit of the oviduct called?
Uterine osteum
What holds the ovary in place? (2) and where are these attached?
The suspensory ligament, which attaches to the last rib, and the proper ligament, which connects to the uterine horn.
What is the blood supply to the ovaries? Where have these branched from?
Via paired ovarian arteries, which branch from the aorta
How do the ovaries drain:
A) Left?
B) Right?
Ovarian veins
A) Into left renal vein
B) Into caudal vena cava
Lymphatic drainage of the ovaries?
To lumbar lymph nodes
What is the mesovarium anatomically?
The cranial portion of the broad ligament and attaches the ovary to the dorsolateral body wall.
Mesovarium:
A) What does it contain? (2)
B) What is it continuous with?
A) Suspensory ligament and the utero-ovarian vessels
B) Mesometrium
What is the mesometrium anatomically?
The caudal part of the broad ligament, which attaches the uterus to the body wall.
Round ligament:
A) What is it continuous with?
B) Where does it run?
C) What does it pass through? D) With..?
A) Proper ligament
B) In the free edge of the broad ligament
C) Inguinal canal
D) Vaginal tunic
What suspends the uterus from the abdomen?
Broad ligament
How does the cervix lie in dogs?
Diagonally
How does the cervix lie in cats?
Horizontally
A) What is the blood supply to the uterus?
B) Branching from?
A) Paired uterine arteries + Anastomosing ovarian arteries
B) Vaginal arteries
What is the lymphatic drainage of the uterus? (2)
Hypogastric LN
Lumbar LN
Where does the vagina extend from and to?
From cervix to vestibule
What can the vestibular mucosa be described as?
Smooth
What is present in the mucosa of the vagina?
Longitudinal folds
What is palpable at the vestibulovaginal junction?
mucosal ridge
Where does the urethral tubercle lie within the vagina?
1cm caudal to vestibulovaginal junction on ventral surface
Is the clitoris found dorsally or ventrally?
Ventral
What is the blood supply to the vagina, urethra, and vestibule is provided by? Arising from?
Vaginal artery branches arising from internal pudendal a.
What is the vulva blood supply?
External pudendal a.