BIOD 152 Module 6
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BIOD 152 Module 6
- The female reproductive system must produce and maintain...
Answer: eggs & estro- gen as well as maintain the development of a fetus after fertilization of an egg occurs
- What are the female internal reproductive organs?
Answer: Ovaries, oviducts (fallopian tubes), uterus, vaginal canal
- What are the female external reproductive organs?
Answer: Vulva
- What is the main reproductive organ in females?
Answer: ovaries
- What holds the immature eggs inside of the ovaries?
Answer: ovarian follicles
- What is ovulation?
Answer: release of a mature egg, occurs approx every 28 days
- Describe the ovarian cycle?
Answer: an egg is released from the ovarian follicle, which becomes the corpus luteum after ovulation
- What is the function of the corpus lutem?
Answer: helps maintain pregnancy if an egg is fertilized
-will disintegrate if not fertilized
- Describe the infundibulum
Answer:
-section of the oviduct -fimbriae are finger-like projections on ovary end (doesn't touch ovary) -captures egg from ovary by fimbriae and cilia lining
- Describe the Ampulla
Answer:
-section of the oviduct -egg is most often fertilized here -nourishes zygote (fertilized egg) during early cell division from mucosa layer 2 / 3
- Describe isthmus
Answer:
-section of the oviduct -muscular contractions and cilia move the egg through the isthmus to the uterus -opens to the uterus -delivers fertilized embryo for implantation in the uterus -delivers unfertilized egg into uterus for removal through menstration
- What are the 3 layers of the oviducts?
Answer: outer serous coat, middle muscular coat, and inner mucosa coat
- Uterus
Answer:
-Hallow, thick-walled muscular organ -btwn bladder and rectum -forward-tilted position
- what connects the uterine tubes to the vaginal canal?
Answer: Uterus
- Layers of the uterus
Answer:
-Puter serous perimetrium
-myometrium: muscular, expands
-endometrium: inner layer, embryo completes development here, this sheds monthly
- What is the fundus?
Answer: -top region of uterus
- During pregnancy, why is the fundus measured?
Answer: -height is measured from top of pubic bone to determine growth rates and abnormalities
- What is the body of the uterus?
Answer: -middle receives fertilized egg
- What is the cervix?
Answer:
-posterior region of uterus -connects uterus to the vaginal canal
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