Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== OVARY ====== {{ :maps:ovaries.svg?600px}} {{::anatomy:ovary-relations.png}} ===== OVARY ANATOMY ===== ovaries * external features * young girls * before onset of ovulation * ovaries have smooth surface * they are greyish pink in colour * after puberty girls * surface becomes uneven and is greyish in colour * two poles * upper or tubal pole * lower or uterine pole * two borders * anterior or mesoovarian border * posterior or free border * 2 surfaces * lateral * medial * situation * lies in the ovarian fossa on lateral pelvic wall * bounded anteriorly by * obliterated umbilical artery * bounded posteriorly by * ureter and internal iliac artery * position * it varies with individual * nulliparous women long axis * is nearly vertical * multiparous women * long axis is horizontal * upper pole points laterally * lower pole points medially * relations * peritoneal relations * almost covered by peritoneum except along mesoovarian or anterior border * mesoovarium * ovary is connected to posterior layer of braod ligament * sq. epithelium is continuous with cubical epithelium of ovary * transmits vessels to and from ovary * suspensory ligament of ovary or infundibulopelvic ligament * lateral part of braod ligament * visceral relations * upper pole or tubal pole * related to uterine tube and external iliac vein * right ovary may be related to appendix * ovarian fimbria and suspensory ligament are attached to this pole * lower or uterine pole * related to pelvic floor * connected by the ligament of ovary * to the lateral angle of uterus * posteroinferior to the attachment of uterine tube * anterior or mesoovarian border * straight and is related * to uterine tube * obliterated umbilical artery * attached to the back of broad ligament of uterus * posterior or free border * related to uterine tube and ureter * lateral surface * related to ovarian fossa * lined by parietal peritoneum * peritoneum separates ovary from obturator vessels and nerve * medial surface * largely covered by uterine tube * peritoneal recess b/w this surface and mesosalpinx is * ovarian bursa * venous drainage * veins emerge at the hilus and form a pampiniform plexus around artery * plexus condenses in to a single ovarian vein at pelvic inlet * nerve supply * sympathetic nerves T10 - T11 * ovarian plexus * histology * outer surface * germinal epithelium * cortex * ovarian follicles * various stages * each follicle * one oocyte * after liberation of oocyte * grafian follicle becomes * corpus luteum * produces progesterone * follicular cells * secrete * oestrogen * arterial supply * ovarian artery * arises from abd aorta just below renal artery * descends over posterior abd wall * enters suspensory ligament * sends branches to ovary through mesoovarium * then anastomose with uterine artery * uterine artery * lymphatic drainage * functions * production of oocytes * production of hormones * oestrogen * progesterone * clinical anatomy * prolapse of ovary * ovarian cyst * carcinoma of ovary en/ovary.txt Last modified: 2023/06/20 13:04by 127.0.0.1