ANSC 446

Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Tues. & Thur. 2:00 - 3:15 Rm. 0408

Syllabus

• Contact information on sheet • WWW site with class notes • Textbook -

Pathways to Pregnancy & Parturition

– Required reading with items on quizzes • Grading – 6 quizzes – Final Exam 75% 25%

• Class roll

Who’s Here

Sequence of Events

Fig. 1-1 Not available on WWW

History

Figure 1-2 not available on WWW

History

• Aristotle • 384 - 322 BC • Proposed that fetus originates from menstrual blood

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Fallopius 1562 AD Discovered & described oviduct

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Coiter 1573 AD Discovered and described the corpus luteum

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Regnier de Graaf 1672 Discovered & described the antral follicle

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Van Leeuwenhoek 1677 Discovered & described spermatozoa in semen

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Spallanzani 1780 Hypothesized that spermatozoa were fertilizing agents

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Successfully artificially inseminated a dog

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Dumas 1825 Proved that sperm & egg united during fertilization to form embryo

Female Repro Tract

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Ovaries Oviducts Uterus Cervix Vagina External Genitalia

Female Repro Tract

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Reproductive tract lies below rectum Seperated by rectogenital pouch

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(Fig. 2-1)

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Female tract is a series of tubes

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Serosa (outer)

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Muscularis

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Submucosa

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Mucosa (inner)

Figure 2-5

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Female Repro Tract

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Reproductive tract is surrounded by peritoneum, which forms broad ligament

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Components of the broad ligament

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Mesovarium

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Mesosalpinx

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Mesometrium

Figure 2-6

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Ovary

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Ovary is constantly changing Follicles Corpus Luteum Corpus Albicans Figure 2-8

Figure 2-8

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