Anatomy of Female Pelvis & associated Structures Flashcards
What are the four segments of the Uterus?
Cervix
Isthmus
Body
Fundus
What are the four segments of the Fallopian tubes?
Intramural part
Isthmus
Ampulla
Infundibulum
What connects the Mesonephros to the Embryonic Bladder region?
Mesonephric duct (Wolffian duct)
During development, what happens to form a female genitourinal tract?
The mesophros and mesonephric duct (Wollfian ducts) are obliterated. However, the gonads remain and the Paramesonephric (Mullerian) ducts descend down and connects to the gonads (Ovaries). The Mullerian duct forms the Uterine tube and Uterus
What does the Paramesonephric duct form..?
Uterus & uterine tubes
What is the name given to the peritoneal lining between the Bladder and Uterus?
Vesico-Uterine pouch
What is the name given to the peritoneal lining between the Uterus and Rectum?
Recto-Uterine pouch
What is the Recto-Uterine pouch also known as?
Pouch of Douglas
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy?
Where a implantation occurs elsewhere from the Uterine wall
From inside to out, what are the three layers of the Uterus?
Endometriun
Myometrium
Perimetrium
What is the name given to the structure of the cervix opening from the vagina?
External Os, with a surrounding Vaginal fornix
The cervix is a transformation zone. As it ascends up, what is the histology change?
From stratified squamous to simple columnar epithelium
The ovarian artery originates from..?
Abdominal aorta
The uterine, vaginal, internal pudenal artery originates from..?
Internal illiac artery
What is the ennervation of the Perineum?
Pudendal nerve
