ANA300Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Ovarian Ligament, Folliculogenesis, Fallopian Tube
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Components of the female reproductive system gonads in females are ovaries, 2 of them. External genitalia (vulva): vestibule, labia minora, clitoris, labia majora, mons pubis. Female pelvic viscera uterus and fallopian tubes sit within a bowl like space called pelvis. Uterus is small, described as size of a pear, extending from uterus bilaterally are the fallopian tubes fallopian tubes end adjacent to the ovaries, fallopian tubes aren"t attached to ovaries the. Fallopian tubes open into peritoneal cavity, which contains abdominal and pelvic organs. Fallopian tubes peritoneum comes around from broad ligament and reaches ovaries, then connected back to broad ligament, the mesovarium for mesentery, the mesentery of the ovary. Attaching ovary to the broad ligament , giving access for ovarian blood vessels, nerves, lymphatics from ovary ovary is between layers of broad ligament but it is not, it is hanging off the back. Stages of the ovarian cycle ovarian cycle, process of production of ova is called oogenesis.
