BIOB33H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Uterine Horns, Urogenital Sinus, Urinary Bladder
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Adrenal glands (don"t need to locate these) Ureters: carry urine from the kidneys to bladder. Bladder: stores urine until it can be eliminated. Urethra: carries urine away from the bladder. Ovaries: female gonads paired, found posterior to the kidneys, size of the head of a small nail, kidney bean shaped. Oviducts (fallopian tubes = uterine tubes: small, coiled tubes, opening to an ovarian tube is known as its ostium, fimbrae: finger like projections each ostium. Urethr: oviducts becoming wider tubes = uterine horns, tracing them further = uterus. Sinus: anatomy of the uterine horns allow for pregnancies with large numbers of fetuses. Uterine cervix: the cervix is the constricted area of the uterus that connects the uterus to the vagina. Vagina: lies dorsal to the urethra. Urogenital sinus (vestibule: this is the organ formed where the urethra and vagina merge, caudally.
