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17 Cards in this Set
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The uterus is composed of what three layers?
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Endometrium - Lining
Myometrium - Muscle layer Perimetrium - Connective Tissue Layer |
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What are the polyestrous animals?
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cattle and swine
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What are the seasonally polyestrous animals?
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horse, sheep, and cat
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What are the diestrous animals?
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dog
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What are the monoestrous animals?
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some exotics
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What animals ovulate with intromission?
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Cats, ferrets and rabbits.
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What is the term used for changes undergone by sperm once inside female reproductive tract to increase their ability to fertilize ovum?
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Capacitation
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A fertilized ovum.
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Zygote
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A term used to describe a solid mass of cells, too numerous to count.
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Morula
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This cell implants on the uterine wall which. It has a hollow ball of cells with a "bump" on one side, the future embryo.
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Blastocyst
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Which animals have diffuse placentation?
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Horses and Pigs
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What animals have cotyledonary placentation?
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Ruminants (Cattle, Sheep, and Goats)
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What animals have zonary placentation?
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Dogs and Cats
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What animals have discoid placentation?
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Humans, primates, rodents, and rabbits.
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What can be used to cause uterine contractions to initiate labor? (not cattle)
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Oxytocin
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The term used to describe involution is the return of the uterus to its non-pregnant state.
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Involution of Uterus
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In the absence of hormonal stimulation, the gonadal primordium will develop into ovaries and the Mullarian ducts will develop into the uterine ducts, uterus and vagina.
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Absence of hormones
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