Kinesiology 3222A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Myometrium, Pap Test, Mucus

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3222A/B
• Professor: Dan Belliveau

Document Summary

Similarities: gonads - ovary vs testes, gametes. Successful fertilization and development: transporting oocyte, creating pathway for the fetus, offer nutrition to newborn, external genitalia, vagina, uterine tubes, uterus, mammary glands. Uterine tube: carry oocyte towards single midline uterus, attached to vagina. Internal genitalia - accessory ducts: ovaries (2, uterine tubes, uterus, vagina. Suspended by mesovarium: upper pelvic cavity, posterolateral to uterus. Follicles (cells that support developing gamete or oocyte: each contains an ovum, ruptures upon maturation to release an oocyte, oocyte released to peritoneal cavity. Lateral pelvic wall attachments: ovarian vessels travels through here, houses ovarian blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, ovarian artery. From suspensory to uterus: ovarian artery branch off of a vessel on the posterior abdominal wall, uterine artery, branch of internal iliac artery, runs adjacent to uterine. Hilum: vessels enter/exit on lateral side + disperse contents in medulla. Ovulation: ovulate the oocyte with surrounding layers of supporting cells into peritoneal cavity. Uterine tubes: tubes drape over the ovaries.