Comparative Female Anatomy

In lecture 2 you were exposed to differences among the different farm animals and humans in terms of female anatomy. To help you organize these differences in your mind, answer the following questions:

  1. Draw diagrams of the reproductive tracts of the sow, ewe, cow, mare and human along with the uterine shape classification of each (do not label parts of the tracts). What evolutionary pressure might have caused the development of different uterine shapes among mammals? In addition to the sow, what other species would you speculate might have a bicornuate shape to the uterus with long uterine horns?
  2. List 3 differences between the reproductive tracts of a cow, sow, mare and bitch.
  3. What is the major morphological difference in a woman's reproductive tract as compared with the reproductive tracts of female farm animals?
  4. What does the term ovulation fosa mean with regards to the mare?

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