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Female Reproduction- Definitions.
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 3
02/10/2011

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Term
Keeps stuff out, protects fetus, external genitalia.
Definition
Vulva Function
Term
Skin between anus and the dorsal commissure of the vulva.
Definition
Cutaneous Bridge
Term
Top part of the vulva
Definition
Dorsal Commissure
Term
Bottom part of the vulva
Definition
Ventral Commissure
Term
The outter, bigger set of labia. (Labia means lips)
Definition
Labia Majora (Right & Left)
Term
The inside set of labia. Can't be seen from the outside, no more hair, and usually a color change. (Labia means Lips)
Definition
Labia Minor (Right & Left)
Term
Sexual Stimulation for female. Engorged when sexually stimulated.
Definition
Clitoris Function
Term
Provide lubrication during copulation by means of vestibular fluids from the vestibular glands. (from vulva up to the urethral orifice)
Definition
Vestibule Function
Term
Houses Penis during copulation. (from vulva to cervix)
Definition
Vagina Function
Term
Stores Urine.
Definition
Urinary Bladder Function
Term
Pathway for urine to exit the bladder to the vestibule and out of the body. Tube from the bladder to vestibule.
Definition
Urethra Function
Term
Opening from vagina into the urethra. Boundary of vestibule.
Definition
Urethral Orifice
Term
No real function. Pocket or dead-end in the urethral orifice.
Definition
Suburethral Diverticulum
Term
Stores semen (short-term) after ejaculation. Folds right before the cervix
Definition
Fornix Vagina Function
Term
Keeps out microorganisms and tries to keep out sperm cells (survival of the fittest) Also protects developing fetus and produces mucus that can kill microorganisms.
Definition
Cervix Function
Term
Hard rings in cervix (3or4) that can be likened to mountains. the sperm must get over these in order for fertilization to occur (survival of the fittest)
Definition
Cervical Rings
Term
the cervix in the sow that is like a cork screw instead of hard rings.
Definition
Interdigitating Prominences
Term
In between the cervix and internal bifurcation.
Definition
Uterine Body Location
Term
Point (Bridge) where the uterine horns split on the inside.
Definition
Internal Uterine Bifurcation
Term
Point where the uterine horns split on the outside of the horns.
Definition
External Uterine Bifurcation
Term
Definition
Uterine Horns
Term
Sheet like ligament along side of the uterine horns that hold the uterus to the body.
Definition
Broad Ligament
Term
Mucosal lining of the uterus
Definition
Endometrium
Term
Smooth muscle of the uterus consisting of an inner circular layer and an outer longitudinal layer
Definition
Myometrium
Term
button-like area of the endometrium in the uterine horns that serve as sites for placental attachment.
Definition
Caruncles
Term
Controls movement of sperm cells into the oviduct.
Definition
Uterotubal Junction Function
Term
End of the unterine horn where it quickly narrows to the oviduct
Definition
Uterotubal Junction Location
Term
Site of fertilization and provides transport to the uterine horns.
Definition
Oviduct Function
Term
(horns),Isthmus, Ampulla, Infundibulum, (ovary)
HIAIO
Definition
Oviduct Parts
Term
Continuation of the broad ligament that holds the ovary over top of the infundibulum.
Definition
Mesosalphinx
Term
The female gonad. produces follicles.
Definition
Ovary
Term
Area of thickened tissue (vein) that supplies blood and nerves to the ovary.
Definition
Hilus
Term
Resembles a clear large blister on the ovary.
Definition
Antral Follicle
Term
Appears after ovulation. Yellowish and in the ovary.
Definition
Corpus Luteum
Term
A white-scar like ovarian structure (in the ovary) that represents advanced regreassion of the Corpus Luteum.
Definition
Corpus Albicans
Term
Funnel that catches the released follicle from the ovary and transports it into the oviduct.
Definition
Infundibulum Function
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