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Function of the female reproductive system that differs from male is what?
- Provides protection
- nutrition
- even up to several years after conception
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What are the essential reproduction organs in women
Ovaries (female Gonads)
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What does the ovaries produce
OVA (female eggs)
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What are the accessory organs of the female reproductive system
- Internal Genitalia:
- Uterine tubes
- uterus
- Vagina
- Additional
- Mammary glands
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WHat genetalia is contained in the urogenital triangle of the perinium
- Labia,
- Vaginal Orificee
- clitoris
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Why is the perinium of great clinical improtance
Danger of being torn during child birth
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What are some complications that can come from tears in the perinium for a woman
- involuntary seapage through the spinter
- partial uterine or vaginal prolapse
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A surgical insecision made to the womans perinium particularly at first child birth
episiotomy
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WHat is homologous to the male Gonads
Ovaries
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It resembles a large almond in size and shape, located on each side of the uterus and just below and behind the uterine tubes
Ovaries
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Name the ligament that anchors the ovaries to the uterus
Ovarian Ligament
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how much does the ovaries weigh
3 g
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Contains blood vessels and nerves that feed to the ovaries and attaches them to the broad ligament
Mesovarian ligament
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Developement of the fetus in a location other than the uterus
Ectopic Pregnancy
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What are the two major layers of the ovary
The outer cortex and the medulla
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Slightly raised squamous epithelial cells that cover the outer cortex of the ovary
Germinal epithelium
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A tough grey and white connective tissue made of epithelial cells that cover the ovarian cortex
Tunica Albuginea
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microscopic structures that are scattered through out the connective tissue matrix of the cortex of the ovary
Ovarian follicles
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What do the ovarian follicals contain
oocytes
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What is contained in the ovarian medulla
- Supportive connective tissue
- blood vessels
- nerves
- lymphatics
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THe release of the ovum which marks the end of oogenesis
Ovulation
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What hormones are secreted by the corpus luteum
- Progesterone
- Inhibin
- relaxin
- estrogen(limited)
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Progesteron and inhibin prevent the continued developement of new follicals durning the functional life of the corpus luteum by
Supressing FSH secretion
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WHat are the functions of the ovaries
- Oogenesis (egg production)
- Secreting Estrogen and progesterone
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What hormones help regulate the reproductive function in the female
- Estrsdiol and esterone(estrogen)
- Progesterone
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Give the size and width of the uterus of a woman who has never been pregnant
- Pear shaped
- 7.5cm (3in)L
- 5cm(2in) W
- 3cm(1in) thick
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What are the two main parts of the uterus known as the upper portion and lower neck
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WHat are the three layers of the uterus
- Inner endometrium
- Middle Myometrium
- Outer incomplete paretial peritoneum
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Suckling of an infant stimulates the antipuitary gland to secret what
Prolactin
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What stimulates breast alveoli to secret milk
Prolactin
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Suckling from the infant secrets the posterior pituitary gland to secret what
Oxytocin
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WHat stimulates breast alveoli to eject milk from which the infant can remove it
Oxytocin
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Suckling stimulates the anterior and posterior gland to secrete what two hormones that aid in milk production and secretion and removal
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Most of the time the cervical mucus acts as a barrier to sperm except around the time of ovulation, what happens to help facilitate movement of sperm through the cervix
It becomes more slippery
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The parietal peritoneum is incomplete, what part of the uterus is covered
Only the body
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During menapause what is the process that results in decrease in size and a position deep in the pelvis
involution
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What is the normal position of the uterus
Antiflexed
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What is retroflexion of the uterus
backwards tilting of the entire organ
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What are the eight uterine ligaments that hold the uterus in its normal position
- Broad pair
- utersacral pair
- round pair
- an anterior
- a posterior
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double Folds at the parietial pertonium forming a kind of partition accross the pelvic cavity suspending the uterus between them
Broad ligaments
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foldlike extension of the peritonium going from the postier surface to the sacrum
uterosacral
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extending from the postieror surface of the peritonium to the rectum
postieror ligament
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this ligament forms a deep pouch called the posterior culdi-sac or rectouterine pouch
posteriour ligament
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fold between the anterior surface of the peritonium and the bladder
Anterior ligament
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Has the vesticouterine pouch
anteriour ligament
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extending from the upper outer edges of the uterus through the inguannal cannals terminating in the labia majora
round ligaments
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these hormones control breast development during puberty
estrogen and progesterone
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WHich hormone stimulates the aveoli to secrete milk
prolactin
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THIS hormone stimulates the alveoli to eject milk
oxytocin
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Preovulatory phase, estrogenic phase and follicular phase are all part of the
Post menstral phase
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day 1-5 of a new cycle
memstral phase`
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