Question | Answer |
OVARIAN LIGAMENT | MEDIAL ATTACHMENT OF THE OVARY TO THE UTERUS |
SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT | LATERAL ATTACHMENT OF THE OVARY TO THE PELVIC/BODY WALL |
MESOVARIUM | PERTIONEAL FOLD - SUSPENDS THE OVARY BETWEEN UTERUS AND PELVIC WALL. PERITONEUM TISSUE |
OVARY | PRIMARY REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN. FTNS TO PRODUCE GAMATES. PRODUCES ESTROGEN AND PROGESTRONE. GERMINAL EPITHELIUM |
INNER MEDULLA | CONTAINS BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES |
OUTER CORTEX | CONTAINS FOLLICLES WHICH CONTAIN OOCYTES |
RUPTURE OF FOLLICLE | 5TH STAGE. OCCURS DURING OVULATION. RELEASE OF MATURE EGG |
PRIMATY FOLLICLE | 2ND STAGE. BEGINS AT PUBERTY. PSH HELPS FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT |
PRIMORDIAL FOLLICLES | 1ST STAGE CONTAIN EGGS |
GRAAFIAN (VESICULAR) FOLLICLE | 4TH STAGE. MATURE EGG. SURGE OF ESTROGEN |
SECONDARY FOLLICLE | 3RD STAGE OF FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT |
CORPUS LUTEUM | 6TH STAGE. ACTIVE SCAR TISSUE. PRODUCES SURGE OF PROGESTRONE |
CORPUS ALBICANS | 7TH STAGE. FORMS CORPUS LUTEUM. INACTIVE SCAR TISSUE. EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARS |
ENDOMETRIUM | INNERMOST LAYER, SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE |
STRATUM BASALIS | THINNER, DEEPER UNRESPONSIVE TO OVARIAN HORMONES |
STRATUM FUNCTIONALIS | FUNCTIONAL LAYER, UNDERGOES CYCLIC CHANGES, SHEDS DURING MENSTRUATION |
MYOMETRIUM | MIDDLE LAYER, SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE |
UTERUS AIDS IN CHILDBIRTH | BY WAY OF UTERINE CONTRACTION |
SITE OF FETAL DEVELOPMENT | WITHIN UTERINE CAVITY |
SIPE OF IMPLANTATION | STRATUMM FUNCTIONALIS OR ENDOMETRIUM |
MESOMETRIUM | ASSOCIATED WITH THE UTERUS-PERITONEUM TISSUE. PORTION OF THE BROAD LIGAMENT COMPOSED OF SEROUS MEMBRANE |
INTERNAL OS | OPENING BETWEEN THE CERVICAL CANAL AND THE UTERINE CAVITY |
EXTERNAL OS | OPENING BETWEEN THE CERVICAL CANAL AND THE VAGINA |
CERVIX | INFERIOR. COVERED WITH MUCOUS MEMBRANE. SECRETS MUCOUS TO BLOCK THE SPREAD OF BACTERIA |
UTERUS (WOMB) | PEAR SHAPED-MUSCULAR. MAINTAINED IN A BEND POSITION. SUPPORTED BY LIGAMENTS THAT ALLOW MOBILITY AND POSITION CHANGES IN RESPONCE TO THE FILLING AND EMPTYING F THE RECTUM AND BLADDER |
FUNDUS | HIGHLY MUSCULAR, BUGLING REGON ABOVE THE ORIGIN OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES |
UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENTS | POSTERIOR |
ROUND LIGAMENTS | ANTERIOR |
BODY OF UTERUS | EXPANDED, LARGER PORTION, CONTAINS UTERINE CAVITY |
PERIMETRIUM | SURROUNDS ENTIRE UTERUS EXCEPT CERVIX, VISCERAL PERITOEUM |
CARDINAL LIGAMENTS | LATERAL |
FUNCTIONS OF FALLOPIAN TUBES | TRANSPORT FERTILIZED EGG TO UTERUS (CILIA). REABSORBS THE UNFERTILIZED EGG |
AMPULLA | SITE OF FERTILOIZATION OF THE EGG |
FIMBRIAE | FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS THAT DRAPE OVER (THOUGH DO NOT TOUCH) THE OVARY. DIRECT THE EGG INTO THE FALLOPIAN TUBE |
ISTHMUS | WHERE TUBES EMPTY INTO UTERUS |
FALLOPIAN TUBES | ALSO KNOW AS THE UTERINE TUBES OR OVIDUCTS. 2 FLEXIBLE, TRUMPET-SHAPED TUBES. CONTINUOUS WITH UTERUS, SMAE LAYERS AS UTERUS. APPROX 4" LONG, INTERAL DIAMETER IS 2X THICKNESS AS HUMAN HAIR. LINED WITH CILIATED MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
VESTIBULE | HOMOGOUS TO BULBRETHRAL GLANDS OF THE MALE |
BARTHOLINS GLANDS | EXCRINE STRUCTURES RELEASE MUCOUS INTO VESTIBLUE AND HELP KEEP IT MOIST AND LUBRICATED-FACILITATES INTERCOURSE |
CLITORIS | ERECTILE TISSUE. HOMOLOGOUS TO PENIS. HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO STIMULATION. 4-5" LONG |
LABIA MINORA | TWO THIN, HAIR-FREE SKIN FOLDS. MEDIAL TO THE LABIA MAJORA. ENCLOSE VESTIBULE |
LABIA MAJORA | TWO LARGER, OUTER FOLDS OF SKIN EXTENDING FROM MONS PUBIS. HOMOLOGOUS TO SCROTUM |
MONS PUBIS | SKIN AND HAIR COVERED ADIPOSE ELEVATION ON SURFACE OF PUBIC SYMPHYSIS. HAIR FUNCTIONS TO LIFT THE CLITORIS DURING INTERCOURSE |
VAGINA | MUSCULAR TUBE APPROX. 4" LONG. LINED WITH MUCOUS MEMBRANE. ACIDIC IN ADULTS, KEEPS HEALTY AND FREE OF INFECTION. ANALOGOUS TO PENIS. CONTINUOUS WITH CERVIX. BIRTH CANAL. PASSAGEWAY FOR MENSES |
INNER MUCOSAL LAYER | MARKED BY RUGAE-STIMULATE THE PENIS DURING INTERCOURSE. |
DENDRITIC CELLS | PROVIDE ROUTE OF HIV TRANSMISSION FROM INFECTED PARTNER |
ESTROGEN | SURGE IS PRODUCED BY GRAAFIAN FOLLICE. SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS |
LUTENIZING HORMONE (LH) | CONTINUE MATURATION OF THE EGG AND TO RUPTURE THE ARAAFIAN (MATURE) FOLLICLE. PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM. MAINTAIN THE CORPUS LUTEUM |
FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH) | STIMULATES FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE OVARY |
LACTIFEROUS DUCTS | TRANSPORT MILK OUT OF THE BREAST |
GLANDULAR ALVEOLI | PRODUCE MILK WHEN A WOMAN IS LACTATING |
MAMMARY GLANDS | BIOLOGICALLY FUNCTIONAL IN FEMALES ONLY. ASS. W/ BREAST ARE NIPPLE & AREOLA. CONSIST OF 15-25 LOBES. WITHIN THE LOBES ARE SMALLER LOBULES WHICH CONTAIN GLANDULAR ALVEOLI & LACTIFEROUS DUCTS. SIZE IS DUE TO FAT. ESTROGEN & PROGESTRONE FTN FOR GROWTH & DEVE |
LACTIFEROUS SINUSES | WHERE MILK IS STORED DURING NURSING |
PROLACTIN | PROMOTES MILK PRODUCTION BY THE ALVEOLI OF THE MAMMARY GLAND (FACILITATES LACTATION). PRODUCED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND. |
OXYTOCIN | MILK RELEASE "LET-DOWN" |
AREOLA | DARK PIGMENTED RING OF SKIN THAT CONTAINS SEBACEOUS GLANDS. GLANDS PRODUCE SEBUM THAT PREVENT CHAPPING & CRACKING OF THE NIPPLE |
PERINEUM | MAY BE CUT TO ENLARGE THE VAGINAL OPENING DURING CHILDBIRTH - EPISIOTOMY |
PROGESTERONE | SURGE PRODUCED BY CORPUS LUTEUM. THICKENS ENDOMETRIAL LINING. EXERTS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON THE BRAIN & PITUITARY TO DECREASE LH |
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (hCG) | TROPIC HORMONE PRODUCED BY TROPHOBLAST CELLS WITHIN THE IMPLANTING BLASTOCYST. MAINTAINS THE CORUPS LUTEUM (FOR PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION) DURING EARLY WEEKS OF PREGNANCY |
OCYTOCIN | PRODUCED BY HYPOTHALAMUS FOR THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND. INITIATES SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS OF THE UTERUS DURING ORGASM AND LABOR. PROMOTES THE RELEASE OF MILK FROM MAMMARY GLANDS DURING LACTATION |
OVARIAN CYCLE | SERIES OF EVENTS THAT ENABLES THE MATURATION OF AN OOCYTE (EGG) |
FOLLICULAR PHASE | 1ST-14TH DAY. LH IS LOW AT BEGINNING, SURGING AT END TO FINISH MATURATION OF EGG AND PREPARE FOR RUPTURE OF FOLLICLE. PROGESERONE LOW DUE TO LACK OF CORPUS LUTEUM |
SECRETORY PHASE | 15TH-28TH DAY. ENDOMETRIUM PREPARES FOR IMPLANTATION OF FERTILIZED EGG. NOURISH THE EMBRYO UNTIL IMPLANTATION. CERVICAL MUCOUS FORMS CER |
proliferative phase | 6TH-14TH DAY.STRATUM MASALIS GIVES RISE TO THE STRATUM FUNCTIONALIS DUE TO RISING ESTROGEN LEVELS. CERVICAL MUCUS THINS AND CRYSTALLIZES - FACLITATES PASSAGE OF SPERM INTO UTERUS |
MENSTRAL PHASE | DAYS 1-5. SHEDDING OF THE STRATUM FUNCTIONALIS AND/OR IMPLANTATION. "ENDOMETRIAL LINING" |
UTERINE CYCLE | ALSO KNOW AS MENSTRAL CYCLE. CHANGES THAT THE UTERINE ENDOMETRIUM GOES THROUGH EACH MONTH RESPONDS TO OVARIAN HORMONES |
LUTEAL PHASE | DAYS 15-28. LH LEVELS ARE HIGH @ BEGINNING AND DECLINE @ END DUE TO SURGE OF PROGESTRONE. CORPUS LUTEUM FORMS DUE TO HIGH LH. PROGESTRONE LEVELS PEAK-THICKENS ENDOMETRIAL LINING DUE TO PRESENCE OF CORPUS LUTEUM |
OVULATION | 14TH DAY OF CYCLE.TAKES LESS THEN 5 MINS. LH LEVELS INCREASE-DUE TO INFLUENCE OF ESTROGEN TO ALLOW RUPTURE OF FOLLICLE |
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | FERTILIZATION GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER OVULATION. TAKES 5-10 DAYS TO REACH UTERUS FOR IMPLANTATION. INCREASED LEVES OF PROGESTERONE AND ESTROGEN EXERT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO INHIBIT RELEASE OF LH AND FSH. |