Ovaries

Question 1

What are the ovaries?

Answer 1

small almond shaped glands

-produce female gametes and sex hormones

Question 2

How are the ovaries suspended?

Answer 2

by mesovarium of broad lig. near lateral pelvic walls

Question 3

What are prepubertal ovaries covered by?

Answer 3

smooth germinal epithelium

Question 4

What postpubertal ovaries like?

Answer 4

become progressively distorted and scarred from ovulation

• ovulation releases oocyte directly into peritoneal cavity
• infundibulum of uterine tube captures oocyte and brings it into ampulla

Question 5

What does the suspensory lig. do?

Answer 5

connects distal end of ovary to lateral wall of pelvis

Question 6

What does the suspensory lig. contain?

Answer 6

ovarian blood vessels, lymphatics and nerves

Question 7

What is the ovarian lig.?

Answer 7

connects proximal end of ovary to uterus

-located within mesovarium

Question 8

What is the arterial supply to the ovary?

Answer 8

Ovarian a.

• originates from abdominal aorta and enters ovary after passing through the suspensory lig. of ovary
• supplies tubal branches and anastomoses with uterine a.

Question 9

What is the venous drainage of the ovary?

Answer 9

• Pampiniform plexus (forms in broad lig. near ovary and uterine tube)
• single ovarian v. drains this plexus and follows ovarian a. to abdomen

Question 10

Where does the R ovarian v. drain?

Answer 10

to IVC

Question 11

Where does the L ovarian v. drain?

Answer 11

L renal v.

Question 12

lymphatic drainage of ovary?

Answer 12

efferent lymphatics drain to lumbar lymph nodes

Question 13

Autonomics to ovary?

Answer 13

via ovarian plexus which follow ovarian a.

Question 14

Sympathetics and parasympathetics to ovary?

Answer 14

symp- T11-L1

para- pelvic splanchnic n.

Question 15

What doe the innervations do to the ovary?

Answer 15

regulates vascular diameter but otherwise unknown