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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Dr Iram Tassaduq. CONTENTS. Ovaries Uterine tubes Uterus Cervix Vagina. UTERUS. UTERINE WALLS. PERIMETRIUM. Outermost wall Formed of connective tissue. MYOMETRIUM. Thickest layer Composed of bundles of smooth muscle fibers Outer longitudinal
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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Dr Iram Tassaduq
CONTENTS • Ovaries • Uterine tubes • Uterus • Cervix • Vagina
PERIMETRIUM • Outermost wall • Formed of connective tissue
MYOMETRIUM • Thickest layer • Composed of bundles of smooth muscle fibers • Outer longitudinal • Inner vascular
ENDOMETRIUM • Consist of epithelium and lamina propria containing simple tubular glands
PROLIFERATIVE PHASE • Simple columnar epithelium • Glands are straight tubular with narrow lumen
SECRETORY PHASE • Glands become highly coiled • Endometrium reaches its maximum thickness
MENSTRUAL PHASE • Shedding of endometrium • Rupturing of blood vessels • Endometrium is reduced to thin layer of connective tissue
BLOOD SUPPLY SPIRAL STRAIGHT
UTERINE TUBES • The uterine tubes are paired tubes that extend bilaterally from the uterus toward the ovaries. • Also commonly referred to as Fallopian tubes.
WALLS OF UTERINE TUBE • Mucosa • Muscularis • Serosa
MUCOSA • Simple columnar epithelium with two types of cells Ciliated and peg cells • Lamina propria Formed by loose connective tissue
Ciliated cells are most numerous in the infundibulum and ampulla. The wave of cilia is directed towards the uterus.
Non-ciliated peg cells are secretory cells that produce the fluid that provides nutritive material for the ova.
MUSCULARIS • organized into an inner thick circular layer and outer thin longitudinal layer.
SEROSA • is the outermost layer of the uterine tube and is composed of mesothelium and a thin layer of connective tissue.
INACTIVE MAMMARY GLAND • Sparse glandular tissue • Consist of tubules having the appearance of ducts