Week 1: Male & Female Reproductive Histology

Question 1

Male reproductive system

Answer 1

Question 2

Describe the histological organization of the testis

Answer 2

Question 3

Histology of the seminiferous tubules

Answer 3

Question 4

The seminiferous tubule consists of…

Answer 4

• The seminiferous tubule consists of a central lumen lined by a specialized seminiferous epithelium containing two distinct cell populations
  
  • Somatic Sertoli cells
  • Spermatogenic cells

Question 5

What are Sertoli cells?

Answer 5

Question 6

Sertoli cell histology

Answer 6

Question 7

The spermatogenic cells are?

Answer 7

• spermatogonia
• Spermatocytes
• Spermatids

Question 8

What are spermatogonia?

Answer 8

• diploid stem cells of the testis
• they have small dense oval nuclei and are closely associated with the semniferous tubular wall within the basal compartment of the tubule
• The spermatogonia divide by mitosis to generate two daughter cells
• one daughter cell initiates a spermatogenic cell sequence (spermatogenesis)
• The other cell becomes a spermatogonium with self-renewing capacity and is soon able to divide and initiate another spermatogenic cell sequence

Question 9

Primary and secondary spermatocytes histology

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the difference between spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis

Answer 10

Question 11

What is the epididymis?

Answer 11

Question 12

Histological features of epididymis

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Question 13

What is the vas deferens?

Answer 13

Question 14

Prostate gross histology

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Question 15

Prostate histology

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Question 16

What is BPH?

Answer 16

Question 17

Prostate cancer and histology

Answer 17

Question 18

Describe female reproductive system histology

Answer 18

Question 19

Describe the histological organization of the ovary and phases of the ovarian cycle

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Question 20

Describe the phases of the ovarian cycle and ovulation

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Question 21

Describe the follicular phase

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Question 22

Describe the primordial follicles

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Question 23

Describe the Secondary (multilayered) follicles

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Question 24

Describe the antral follicle

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Question 25

Describe the Preovulatory follicle (Graffian follicle)

Answer 25

Question 26

Preovulatory follicle AKA

Answer 26

Graffian follicle

Question 27

Graffian follicle AKA

Answer 27

Preovulatory follicle

Question 28

Describe the ovulatory phase

Answer 28

Question 29

Describe the luteal phase

Answer 29

Question 30

Histology of the corpus luteum and corpus albicans

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Question 31

Describe the histological structure of the uterine wall and how it changes during the menstrual cycle

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Question 32

Describe the menstrual cycle phases

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Question 33

Secretory phase of the endometrium histology

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Question 34

What happens at the end of the menstrual cycle

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Question 35

Describe the histological organization of the uterine cervix

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Question 36

Transformation zone and cervical histology

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Question 37

What are the layers of the vagina?

Answer 37

Question 38

What is the oviduct?

Answer 38

Question 39

Infundibulum histology

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Question 40

Oviduct histology

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Question 41

Describe the mucosal lining of the oviduct

Answer 41