Female reproductive system 1. Genital organs 2. Functions 3. Ovary 4. Uterine tube 5. Uterus 6. Vagina 7. Mammary glands 8. Embryogenesis 9. Menstrual cycle
1. Internal genitalia (ovaries, uterine tube, uterus, vagina) 2. External genitalia (labia majora and minora, mons pubis, clitoris, vestibular bulbs) 3. Accessory organs (vestibular glands) 4. Mammary glands
Functions 1. Generative 2. Endocrine 3. Fertilization 4. Embryo and fetus development 5. Newborn nourishment
Ovary ( ovogenesis+endocrine)
Ovarial cortex (maturing follicles +atretic bodies+ corpora lutea+ corpora albicans)
Types of follicles
Primordial follicles
Primary follicle
Secondary follicle
Graafian follicle theca
Corpus luteum 1. Proliferation and vascularisation 2. Glandular metamorphosis 3. Secretion 4. Involution 5. Corpus albicans
Luteocytes
Types of luteocytes 1. Theca luteocytes 2. Granulosa luteocytes Function – synthesis of progesteron which regulates uterinal mucosa
Uterine tube mucosa ( epithelium+lamina propr.) muscular (O II sm. m.) serosa
Uterine tube (conveys oocytes, place of fertilization)
Uterine tube 1. Mucosa (ciliated epithelium+lamina propria) 2. Muscularis (O and II layers) 3. Serosa (peritoneum duplication) Secretory (peg) cells
Uterine tube epithelium
Uterus 1. Endometrium 2. Myometrium 3. Perimetrium 4. Parametrium Myometrium Endometrium Glands Space Epithelium Lamina propria Myometrium
Uterine glands
Endometrium layers: 1) functional (spongy and compact); 2) basal Uterine glands (crypts) - are simple tubular nonbranched glands Have neck, body and fundus Cambial cells lie in the bottom
Vagina
Mammary gland
Lactating mammary gland
Secretory process of lactating mammary gland
Embryonic development 1. Indifferent stage 3-6 th weeks 2-3 weeks-gonocytoblasts in yolk sack 4 week-migration to embryo 2. Different stage 8-10 w testes inhibin I 20 w rete testis inhibin II 40 w inhibin III Androgen masculinization
Endocrine regulation Higher center (preoptic zone)
Menstrual cycle Cyclic structural modifications in endometrium and other organs Menstrual 1-4 days Postmenstrual 5-14 days Premenstrual days
Uterine glands
Vagina and endomethrium