Study of essential parameters of foetal ovaries during intra uterine life
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Anatomy - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: To determine the development and the localization of the ovaries during the fetal period. Material and Methods: The material studied consisted of 42 normal human fetuses of different gestational age starting from 20 weeks to full term, collected from the following Hospitals of Warangal, Andhra Pradesh Chandrakantha memorial hospital, Warangal. Govt. maternity hospital, Hanumakonda. The following parameters are considered for the present study: The shape of ovaries, the positions of the ovaries, the localization of the ovaries with respect to linea terminalis, ureters, and the iliac arteries, the dimensions and the weight of the ovaries. Results: In the fetal period, the ovaries were most commonly almond shaped and had an oblique orientation. In the 2nd, 3rd trimester and full-term fetuses, it was observed that the ovaries were not in ovarian fossa, suggesting that decent of ovary was in progression during these times. During the intrauterine period, the ovaries were most commonly located anterior to the ureters and over the common iliac artery, towards the end of the 40th week, migrate to its final location between the internal and external iliac arteries. Conclusion: We found that the ovaries did not assume the position of the adults at the end of the fetal period, rather continued its descent after the birth. The right ovaries are larger than the left. We believe our findings about the fetal ovaries will be useful in obstetrics, fetal pathology, and forensic pathology.
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Teresa Rani S, T Prasuna
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