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10- Female Reproductive System Flashcards

1
Q

What is the significance of the Recto-uterine pouch in a digital examination?

A

Enlargement of the [uterus, uterine tubes, and ovary] can be felt

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2
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List all the Vaginal Fistulas

A

Vesicovaginal fistula
Rectovaginal fistula
Urethrovaginal fistula
Vaginoperineal fistula

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3
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What openings are found in the Vestibule of the Vagina?

A

Urethral Orifice
Vaginal Orifice
Ducts of Greater and Lesser Vestibular glands

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4
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What covers the Bulb of the vestibule?

A

Bulbospongiosus Muscle

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5
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What is the deepest part of the Peritoneal cavity?

A

Rectouterine Pouch

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6
Q

Describe the structure of the uterus

A

Perimetrium
Myometrium
Endometrium

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7
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What are the three parts of the Uterus?

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Fundus
Body
Cervix

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8
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Where is the uterus found?

A

Lesser Pelvis

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9
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Relations of the Uterus

A

Urinary bladder anteriorly Rectum posteriorly

Covered by Peritoneum

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10
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What is the normal position of the uterus?

A

Anteverted and Anteflexed

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11
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What are abnormal position of the Uterus?

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Retroverted and/or Retroflexed

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Angle of Anteversion

A

forward angulation of uterus

between the long axis of cervix and vagina [~90°]

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13
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Angle of Anteflexion

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orward angulation between the body and cervix of the uterus [~125°]

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14
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What is the clinical significance of a retroverted uterus?

A

Tendency for prolapse
Painful menstruation
Reduced chance of conception

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15
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Retroverted Uterus

A

backward tilt in the angle of anteversion

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16
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elations of the Fundus and Body of Uterus

A

U/P: Rectum and Sigmoid Body

L/A: Urinary bladder

17
Q

Peritoneal relations of the Fundus and Body of Uterus

A

U/P: covered up to posterior fornix of vagina

L/A: covered up to isthmus

18
Q

What occupies the pouch of Douglas?

A

Coils of Intestine and Sigmoid colon

19
Q

What structures are attached to the lateral border of the Uterus?

A

Broad Ligament
Round Ligament [upper end]]
Ovarian Ligament [upper end]

20
Q

Where is the opening of the uterine tube found?

A

Opens at the later border of the uterus, at the superolateral angle

21
Q

Where is the Uterine artery found?

A

Between the two layers of the broad ligament

22
Q

What is the most fixed part of the uterus?

A

Cervix [not even movable or distended during pregnancy]

23
Q

What is the internal os of the cervix?

A

opening of the cervix that joins the uterus

24
Q

What is the external os of the cervix?

A

junction between the cervix and the vagina

25
Q

What cells line the cervical canal?

A

Simple Columnar/Stratified Squamous epithelium

26
Q

What structures are found lateral to the cervix?

A

Uterine artery as it crosses the ureter

27
Q

List the ligaments of the Cervix

A

Uterosacral
Pubocervical
Mackenrodt’s ligament

28
Q

What arteries supply the Uterus?

A

Ovarian artery [branch of AA] - Upper part

Uterine artery [branch of IIA]- Lower part

29
Q

What artery, which supplies the Uterus is a branch of the abdominal artery?

A

Ovarian artery

30
Q

What artery, which supplies the uterus, is a branch of the Internal Iliac artery?

A

Uterine artery

31
Q

What is the perineal body?

A

Fibromuscule node that acts as an attachment for

Levator ani
Bulbospongious
Coccygeus
Superficial transverse perineal 
Deep transverse perineal
Ischiocavernous 
Puborectalis
Pubococcygeus
Transverse abdominal
32
Q

What occurs as a result of a tear of the perineal body?

A

Uterus prolapse

33
Q

What may tear the perineal body?

A

Vaginal delivery

Episiotomy that is not properly repaired

34
Q

What are other names for the transverse cervical ligament?

A

Cardinal ligament

Meckenrodt’s ligament

35
Q

What ligament extends from the posterior aspect of the cervix to the 3rd piece of the sacrum?

A

Uterosacral ligament

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