Description
Anatomy of the Reproductive System
The complexity of the organs that the mammalian reproductive system consists of, necessitates a general view of thesystematization and short description of each structure involved. The following domestic mammals are subject of this chapter: cat (Felis catus), dog (Canis familiaris), pig (Sus scrofa domestica), large ruminant (Bos Taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), goat (Capra hircus), and horse (Equus caballus).
The anatomy of the reproductive system of laboratory animals and the nonmammalian animal models follow the description of domestic mammals’ anatomy (König and Liebich, 2004; Nickel et al., 1984). The laboratory animals are the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), the mouse (Mus musculus), and the rat (Rattus norvegicus). The nonmammalian animal models are the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis L.) and the zebrafish (Brachidanio/Danio rerio). The English anatomical terms are translated from Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (NAV) (2012, op. cit. as ICVGAN) and fromGheorghe M. Constantinescu and Oskar Schaller, Illustrated Veterinary Anatomical Nomenclature 4th edn, Thieme (2012, op. cit.). For the corresponding terms in humans, the following reference is suggested: Heinz Feneis and Wolfgang Dauber, Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy Based on the International Nomenclature (2000, op. cit.).