BIOM20002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 50: Vas Deferens, Fallopian Tube, Internal Iliac Artery

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Biomedicine
• Course: BIOM20002
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Lecture 50&51 female and male reproductive system. Separates pelvis and perineum (the area below pelvic diaphragm) Below the levator ani muscle, covering the urogenital triangle (the anterior part) Opening for urethra and vagina female. Inner medulla contains blood vessels and nerve coming in (uterine) tube: fallopian tube, projects out laterall from the uterus, turn and open posteriorly to the lateral part of ovary. Infundibulum funnel-shaped with fimbriae (fibrous like structures opening toward the ovary); facilitates collection of oocytes: ampulla relatively large, where the fertilization occurs. In between uterus and rectum recto-uterine pouch. In between bladder and uterus vesico-uterine pouch. Urogenital hiatus in the anterior (urogenital triangle) Anal aperture in the posterior (anal triangle) One opening for urethra first difference. Between the perineal membrane and muscle deep perineal pouch: contains skeletal muscle that form sphincters around urethra, glands and neurovascular structures that supply the penis. Divided into 250 lobules by connective tissue septa.