Anatomy study note · Pelvis

Ovary

The female gonad, an oval organ about 4 × 2 cm on each side of the pelvis, producing ova and the hormones oestrogen and progesterone.

Key points

• Ovarian fossa: external iliac above, internal iliac behind.
• Mesovarium to the broad ligament; suspensory ligament carries the vessels.
• Ovarian artery from the aorta (L1); left vein → left renal vein.
• Lymph → para-aortic nodes (L1).
• Genital ridge; germ cells from the yolk sac.
• Descends from the lumbar region to the pelvis.
• Primordial → primary → secondary → graafian follicle.
• Theca interna androgen → granulosa oestradiol.

The full note in the atlas also covers

Location · Features · Blood supply · Nerve supply · Lymph drainage · Histology · Development · Clinical notes

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 9, PDF pp. 1115–1119; ch. 8, PDF pp. 1049, 1054
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 16, PDF pp. 277, 306–307
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 19, PDF pp. 341–346

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• Pelvic lymph nodes
• Piriformis
• Prostate
• Pubic symphysis
• Rectum
• Sacral plexus
• Sacrococcygeal joint
• Sacroiliac joint
• Sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments
• Sacrum
• Seminal vesicle
• Sigmoid colon

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