Topic 17: Reproductive System - Female Uterus

Question 1

What is the uterus?

Answer 1

• hollow organ

Question 2

What are the three parts of a uterus?

Answer 2

1. fundus
2. Body
3. Cervix

Question 3

Where is the fundus of the uterus?

Answer 3

• above level of uterine tubes

Question 4

What is the body of the uterus? (2)

Answer 4

• main portion
• space within is the uterine cavity

Question 5

What is the cervix of the uterus? (2)

Answer 5

• inferior, narrow portion
• opens into vagina

Question 6

What do the supportive membranes of the uterus attach?

Answer 6

• uterus to abdominal wall

Question 7

What are the three supportive membranes of the uterus?

Answer 7

• broad ligaments
• round ligaments
• uterosacral ligaments

Question 8

What are round ligaments made of?

Answer 8

– fibrous CT that attach to anterior wall

Question 9

What are uterosacral ligaments made of?

Answer 9

peritoneum that attach to sacrum

Question 10

What are the 3 histological layers of the uterus?

Answer 10

• perimetrium
• myometrium
• endometrium

Question 11

What is the perimetrium? (2)

Answer 11

• outer layer
• visceral peritoneum

Question 12

What is the myometrium made of?

Answer 12

• 3 layers of smooth muscle (muscularis)

Question 13

What is the endometrium made of?

Answer 13

• mucous membrane

Question 14

What is the function of endometrium?

Answer 14

• contains endometrial glands that secrete a nutritive fluid

Question 15

What are the 2 layers of the endomemtrium?

Answer 15

• stratum functionalis
• stratum basalis

Question 16

What is the stratum functionalis? ie. location and what it does

Answer 16

• faces uterine cavity
• sheds monthly (menstruation)

Question 17

What is the stratum basalis in the endometrium? ie. what does it do (2)

Answer 17

• permanent
• undergoes mitosis ti replace functionalis