ZOO 3733C Study Guide - Final Guide: Middle Rectal Artery, Median Umbilical Ligament, Male Reproductive System
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Ch 5, 9, first 25 pp of 10, 11. Function of pelvic diaphragm is to keep structures in place. Inferior vesicle and middle rectal artery supply the male genital organs with blood. Internal pudendal artery supplies the vagina with blood. Umbilical arteries carry deoxygenated blood from fetus to placenta of mother during fetal life: obliterates and becomes median umbilical ligament when cord is cut. Bartholen"s gland (f) is homologous to cowper"s gland (m) Peritoneum covers the abdominal organs: serous membrane, intra, retro, infra. Fimbriae catch the female egg which is dropped out of ovaries, into fallopian tubes. Peritoneal cavity in the female is open, closed in the male. During the rst ve weeks in embryonic life, is indi erent in sex: phenotype is not there, genotype is (xx or xy) M llerian (paramesonephric) duct in females is wol an (mesonephric) duct in males. Innervation of the testes: genital branch of genitofemoral n.