FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Dr Iram Tassaduq

CONTENTS

OvariesUterine tubesUterusCervixVagina

UTERUS

UTERINE WALLS

PERIMETRIUMOutermost wall

Formed of connective tissue

MYOMETRIUMThickest layer Composed of

bundles of smooth muscle fibers

Outer longitudinal

Inner vascular

ENDOMETRIUMConsist of

epithelium and lamina propria containing simple tubular glands

EPITHELIUM

GLANDS OF UTERUS

PROLIFERATIVE PHASESimple columnar

epitheliumGlands are

straight tubular with narrow lumen

SECRETORY PHASEGlands become

highly coiledEndometrium

reaches its maximum thickness

SECRETORY PHASE

MENSTRUAL PHASEShedding of

endometriumRupturing of

blood vesselsEndometrium is

reduced to thin layer of connective tissue

ENDOMETRIUM

STRATUM FUNCTIONALE

ZONA COMPACTA

ZONA SPONGIOSA

STRATUM BASALE

SPIRALSTRAIGHT

BLOOD SUPPLY

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 TUBEMucosaMuscularis Serosa

MUCOSASimple 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

MAMMARY GLAND DURING PREGNANCY