+ Motivational Corner:

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

Objectives: 1- By the end of the lecture you should be able to: Female reproductive - Describe the histological structure system. and fate of ovarian follicles. - Describe the histological structure of: , Oviducts (Fallopian tubes), Extra notes: Gray , , Placenta, Resting and Important notes: Red lactating mammary gland. Female reproductive system.

+Primary sex organs: - 2 . Secondary sex organs: - 2 Fallopian tubes. - Uterus. - Vagina. - External genitalia. - 2 mammary glands. Adult ovary

1-Germinal epithelium: outer layer of flat cells. 2-Tunica albuginea: dense C.T layer. Tunica = layer / Albuginea = white (1&2 could be considered as capsule ) 3-Outer cortex: ovarian follicles and interstitial cells. 4-Inner medulla: highly vascular loose C.T. Before puberty, the cortex contains millions of primordial follicles (ova surrounded by single layer of flat cells)

Ovarian Follicles The cortex of the ovary in adults contains the following types (stages) of follicles: Primordial follicles Primary follicles Secondary (Antral) Mature graafian follicles follicles • The only follicles They develop from the -Multilaminar primary • large, thin walled present before primordial follicles, at puberty follicles become • wide puberty. under the effect of FSH. secondary follicles • large 1ry oocyte a) Unilamilar primary when a complete • • The earliest and antrum filled with liquor • corona radiata most numerous follicle: folliculi is formed. • zona granulosa stage. are similar to primordial • follicles, but: • 1ry oocyte is larger • basement membrane • Located superficially -the primary oocyte is larger & pushed to one • theca folliculi: theca under the tunica (40 m). side. interna & albuginea. -the follicular cells are cuboidal in shape. • Theca folliculi • Each is formed of a b) Multilaminar differentiates into primary oocyte (25 primary follicles: and µm), surrounded by • 1ry oocyte larger theca externa. a single layer of flat • corona radiata follicular cells. • granulosa cells • zona pellucida • theca folliculi • (liquor folliculi) +

Under the effect of FSH,the primordial follicle increases in size and the follicular cells get changed from flat into cuboidal cells”Granulosa cells” to give primary follicle, the primary follicle may be surrounded by a single layer of cuboidal cells (Unilaminar) or multilaminar

Atretic Follicles Ovulation and •During growth of the ovarian follicles, many of them do not Formation reach maturation and they degenerate, and are finally •Ovulation occurs at day 14 of the replaced completely by fibrous cycle, under the effect of LH. tissue and are called atretic •The follicle collapses and forms a follicles or corpora atretica. corpus luteum.

■ Zona granulosa  granulosa lutein cells. . It is a white degenerated fibrous body formed by ■ Theca interna  theca lutein cells. involution of corpus luteum ■ Bleeding may occur  corpus (degenerated corpus haemorrhagicum. luteum).

■ Fertilization  corpus luteum of . Secretory cells of corpus pregnancy. luteum degenerate and are phagocytosed by ■ No fertilization corpus luteum of  macrophages.

menstruation. Leuteum ■ At the end  . Albicans ■ Corpus luteum of menstruation lasts about 10 days. ■ Corpus luteum of pregnancy persists for six months.

■ Fate of corpus luteum: formation of a Corpus white degenerated fibrous body, corpus Corpus albicans. ■ Function of corpus luteum: ■ Granulosa lutein cells: secrete ■ Theca lutein cells: secrete . + Oviducts (Fallopian tubes) Fallopian tubes

Mucosa Musculosa Serosa

Epithelium: Highly folded. Simple Inner Outer columnar Corium of C.T. Epithelium partially circular. longitudinal ciliated.

 Cells of fallopian tubes: Ciliated cells Non-Ciliated cells . Non-secretory . Thinner, also called peg . Cilia beat toward uterus cells. . Secretory cells. . Apices bulge above ciliated cells. . Their apices contain nutritive material to nourish gametes

Uterus

- Thick-walled muscular organ. - Inverted pear shape. - Anatomically: Body: upper 2/3. : lower 1/3. Fundus: the rounded dome- shaped top of the body. Uterus (Cont.)

+ * Epithelium: simple columnar partially ciliated. * Corium: - Endometrial glands: simple tubular. - Stromal cells. - Blood vessels. - Leucocytes. - Reticular fibers. (mucosa)

Blood supply Two types of arteries derived from vessels in the : Coiled arteries: extend into the functional zone. - cyclic changes. Straight arteries: - terminate in basal zone. -no cyclic changes.

Stratum submucosum longitudinal.

Fundus & Body & Fundus Stratum vasculare circular 3 ill-defined smooth smooth muscle fibres in Myometrium (musculosa) muscle layers: figure of 8 arrangement around large blood vessels.

Stratum supravasculare longitudinal. (serosa) Uterus (Cont.) + Uterine Cervix

Substance of the Mucosa cervix

Epithelium: Simple columnar in the but Corium: it changes to Dense fibrous stratified CT containing tissue with few squamous epith. tubulo- alveolar smooth muscle (non- keratinized) glands . fibers at the external os. .

Vagina

Mucosa Musculosa Adventitia

shows transverse folds and is Formed of interlacing inner Formed of loose C.T. made of: circular and outer longitudinal layers of smooth muscle 1 - Epithelium: fibres stratified squamous epithelium non- keratinized rich in glycogen

2 - Corium: Dense C.T. very rich in blood vessels, elastic fibres and leucocytes. + Placenta

Maternal part (decidua basalis) Fetal part (chorionic villi)

• Finger-like projections separated by intervillous spaces containing maternal blood.

• Eachchorionic villus consists of:

1. Mesenchymal CT core containing fetal blood vessels.

2. Epithelial covering (trophoblast), made of 2 layers:  Outer syncytiotrophoblast: deeply stained with NO cell boundaries.  Inner cytotrophoblast: disappears late in pregnancy

■ Placental barrier : It is the barrier between the maternal and foetal blood. It consists of: 1.The trophoblast covering the villus. 2.The basement membrane of the trophoblast. 3.The C.T. core of the villus. 4.The basement membrane of foetal capillaries. 5.The endothelium of foetal capillaries. Mammary gland

. At puberty they enlarge by accumulation of fat, but contain only a duct system. . Secretory units appear only during pregnancy and are functioning only during lactation.

Resting Mammary Gland Lactating Mammary Gland • It is divided into lobes and lobules. • Interlobular and intralobular C.T. become • The interlobular C.T. is dense and reduced. contains numerous fat cells. • Lobules are made of ducts and alveoli. • The intralobular C.T. is loose and • Alveoli are distended with milk and lined contains no fat cells. by cuboidal or flat cells surrounded by • Within the lobules, there are widely myoepithelial cells. separated ducts lined by simple • Milk appears acidophilic with vacuoles cuboidal epithelium. Ducts collect to of dissolved fat. form lactiferous ducts lined by stratified columnar epithelium and open at the top of the nipple. MCQs

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1) Which of the following will disappear in 5) Which one of the following is located b 6

late pregnancy ? superficial and under the tunica c 5

a. Outer syncytiotrophoblast albuginea? a 4 b. Inner cytotrophoblast c 3 Primary Follicles

c. Trophoblast a.

b. Mature (Graafian) Follicle c 2 2) Which of the following coriums contain tubulo- c. Primordial Follicles b 1 alveolar gland? a. Vagina 6) Progesterone secrete from corpus b. Body of uterus luteum by? c. Uterine Cervix a. Theca lutein cells 3) Corpus luteum of menstruation last for? b. Granulosa lutein cells a. 7 months c. Non b. 6 months c. 10 days

4) Which one of the following can be found in a Mature Graafian Follicle? a. Zona pellucida b. Theca lutein cells c. Granulosa lutein cells

Thanks you for checking our work, Good luck. -Team histology. Done by: Areeb AlOgaiel Sara Alenzy For any question or suggestion: Team leaders: [email protected] Areeb AlOgaiel Fawzan AlOtaibi