BIO 446L-Female Reproductive System
Questions and Correct Answers
True or false: The clitoris is composed of erectile tissue: 2 corpora cavernosae, glans,
and corpus spongiosum. ✅False--NO corpus spongiosum
The mesentery (whole double layer of peritoneum) is called the: ✅Broad ligament
What are five structures found within the broad ligament? ✅The uterus, uterine tubes,
ovaries, round ligament, and ovarian ligament
True or false: The ovaries are suspended by a mesentery. ✅True
What is the blood supply of the ovaries? ✅The ovarian artery (from aorta)
*via the broad ligament and then the ovarian ligament
What is the blood supply of the uterus? ✅The uterine artery (from internal iliac artery)
*via the broad ligament
True or false: The broad ligament surrounds the vagina. ✅False
Oogonia become primary oocytes after going through _____. ✅FIRST meiotic division
(end of 7th month)
List 3 components that make up a primordial follicle (the 1st stage of ovarian follicles).
✅Oocyte, stromal cells, follicular cell
_____ cells give rise to the zona pellucida. ✅Granulosa
Which new structures make up a unilaminar primary follicle (the 2nd stage of ovarian
follicles)? ✅Basal lamina, zona pellucida *forming,* single layer of cuboidal granulosa
cells
Which new structures make up a multilaminar primary follicle (the 3rd stage of ovarian
follicles)? ✅Zona pellucida, multiple layers of granulosa cells, theca interna
Which new structures make up an antral follicle (the 4th stage of ovarian follicles)?
✅Antrum, theca externa
_____ cells give rise to the theca layers. ✅Stromal
Questions and Correct Answers
True or false: The clitoris is composed of erectile tissue: 2 corpora cavernosae, glans,
and corpus spongiosum. ✅False--NO corpus spongiosum
The mesentery (whole double layer of peritoneum) is called the: ✅Broad ligament
What are five structures found within the broad ligament? ✅The uterus, uterine tubes,
ovaries, round ligament, and ovarian ligament
True or false: The ovaries are suspended by a mesentery. ✅True
What is the blood supply of the ovaries? ✅The ovarian artery (from aorta)
*via the broad ligament and then the ovarian ligament
What is the blood supply of the uterus? ✅The uterine artery (from internal iliac artery)
*via the broad ligament
True or false: The broad ligament surrounds the vagina. ✅False
Oogonia become primary oocytes after going through _____. ✅FIRST meiotic division
(end of 7th month)
List 3 components that make up a primordial follicle (the 1st stage of ovarian follicles).
✅Oocyte, stromal cells, follicular cell
_____ cells give rise to the zona pellucida. ✅Granulosa
Which new structures make up a unilaminar primary follicle (the 2nd stage of ovarian
follicles)? ✅Basal lamina, zona pellucida *forming,* single layer of cuboidal granulosa
cells
Which new structures make up a multilaminar primary follicle (the 3rd stage of ovarian
follicles)? ✅Zona pellucida, multiple layers of granulosa cells, theca interna
Which new structures make up an antral follicle (the 4th stage of ovarian follicles)?
✅Antrum, theca externa
_____ cells give rise to the theca layers. ✅Stromal
