Anatomy

Question 1

What is the blood supply of the external genitalia?

Answer 1

Internal pudendal artery

Question 2

What is the sensory innervation of the external genitalia?

Answer 2

Pudendal nerve

Question 3

What is the lymphatic drainage of the external genitalia?

Answer 3

Inguinal nodes

Question 4

What type of epithelium lines the vagina?

Answer 4

Stratified squamous epithelium

Question 5

What is the blood supply of the vagina?

Answer 5

Vaginal branch of internal pudendal artery with anastomoses from uterine, inferior vesical and middle rectal arteries

Question 6

What is the blood supply of the uterine corpus?

Answer 6

Uterine artery (branch of the the internal iliac artery)

Question 7

What is the blood supply of the cervix?

Answer 7

Cervical branch of the uterine artery

Question 8

What is the most common position in which the uterus is found?

Answer 8

Anteverted

Question 9

Compare: anteversion and retroversion

Answer 9

Anteversion: forward tilted uterus
Retroversion: backward tilted uterus

Question 10

Compare anteflexion and retroflexion

Answer 10

Anteflexion: bending of uterus so the fundus is thrust forward
Retroflexion: bending of the uterus so the fundus is thrust backward

Question 11

What is the infundibulopelvic ligament and what does it contain? (4)

Answer 11

Continuous tissue that connects ovary to pelvic wall - contains ovarian artery, ovarian vein, ovarian plexus, lymphatic vessels

Question 12

What are the five parts of the fallopian tubes?

Answer 12

Interstitial
Isthmic
Ampullary
Infundibular
Fimbriae

Question 13

What is the blood supply of the fallopian tubes?

Answer 13

Uterine and ovarian arteries

Question 14

What is the arterial blood supply of the ovaries?

Answer 14

Ovarian arteries

Question 15

What is the venous drainage of the ovaries?

Answer 15

Left ovarian vein (drains into left renal vein)

Right ovarian vein (drains into IVC0

Question 16

What are the five Tanner stages - thelarche?

Answer 16

1. None
2. Breast bud
3. Further enlargement of areola and breasts with no separation of their contours
4. secondary mound of areola and papilla
5. areola recessed to general contour of breast

Question 17

What are the five Tanner stages - pubarche?

Answer 17

1. None
2. Downy hair along labia only
3. Darker/coarse hair extends over pubis
4. Adult type overs smaller area, no thigh involvement
5. Adult hair in quantity and type and extends over thighs