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Chapter 4 - Part 1 Flashcards

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1
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What are the 2 categories of female sex organs?

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Internal and external

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What are the external female sex organs?

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Vulva
Clitoris
Mons Pubis
Labia Minora
Labia Majora
Vulvar vestibule
Vaginal Opening
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What is a clitoris?

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Sensitive organ important in female sexual response

Tip is a knob of tissue externally in front od vaginal opening and urethral opening

Inside has a wishbone same

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Where does the labia minora join?

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Right under the clit

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5
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What is the shaft of the clit?

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Consists of 2 corpora cavernosa

-homologouus to the penis structure in makes

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6
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Can the clit become erect?

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Yes, with arousal

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7
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What is tumescence?

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Blood engorgement of erectile tissue

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What is the crura in the clit?

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2 longer spongy bodies that lie deep in the body and run from tip to the clit to either side of vagina

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9
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Where does the internal vestibular bulbs lie?

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In the crura

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What is the mons pubis?

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Rounded fatty pad of tissue covered with pubic has at the front of the body
-lies on top of the pubic bone

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11
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What is the labia?

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Form the perimeter of the vulvar vestibule

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What is the labia majors?

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Outer lips

  • rounded labs with fatty tissue
  • naturally covered in pubic hair
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What is the labia minora?

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Inner lips

  • 2 hairless folds of skin
  • the top part of the labia minor forms clitoral hood
  • The labia minora come together at the base/behind the vaginal opening
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14
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What is the fourchette?

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-The labia minora come together at the base/behind the vaginal opening

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What is the vaginal opening called?

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Introitus

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16
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Where is the bartholin gland?

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Located in the labia minora

-can become infected must be treated with antibiotics

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17
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What is the perineum?

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The area of skin between the vaginal opening and the anus

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18
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What is The vulvar vestibule

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  • Area enclosed by the labia minora
  • Contains urethral opening
  • Contains vagina introitus
  • Highly sensitive area due to innervation
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19
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What is the hymen?

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think membrane with if present partially overhears the vaginal opening

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20
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Is a hymen the definitive sign of verginity?

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No,

  • but has family/community expectations
  • related to dowry
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21
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What is another name for female genital cutting?

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Female genital mutilation

Female circumcision

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22
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Why do people participate in FGC?

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Premariatal virginity is often considered essential to family honour

Seen as a way to preserve virginity/honour

Deep rooted cultural tradition so hard to promote change

23
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How many people have undergone FGC?

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140 million females between infancy and age 15 have undergone an excision

24
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What is type I FGC?

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Excision of the prepuce with or without excision of part or all of the clit
-clitorectomy

25
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What is type II FGC?

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Excision of the clit with partial or total excision of the labia minora (80% of cases)

26
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What is type III FGC?

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Infibulation
Excision of part or all of the external genitalia and stitching/narrowing of the vaginal opening
-most severe form
-15% of cases

27
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What is type IV FGC?

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Pricking, piercing, or incising of the clitoris and or labia.
Stretching of the clit and or labia, cauterization burins of external genitals

28
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What are the unintentional consequences of educational interventions by WHO?

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Shifts in type of FGC

Shifts to having the cutting done by medical practitioners

Shift toward having the procedure done at younger ages

29
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Why is shifting FGC to a younger age dangerous?

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May lead to cessation of schooling and early marriage, childbearing when very young

Potential health complications and discomfort at the time of marriage and childbirth

30
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What are some of the health consequences of FGC?

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Hemmorhage
HIV
Tetanus
Infections of vulva and cervix
Damage of urethra
Pain with interocurse
Birthing consequences
Death
Decrease sexual pleasure
31
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How do we stop FGC?

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Education and female empowerment (community driven)

Social change is the key for longterm change

32
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What is genital self image?

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Attitudes and feeling towards our genitals

33
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what is our genital self image perception affected by?

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Cultural norms
Secual experience
Medical condiitons

34
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How can genitals change appearance?

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Waxing
LAser hair removal
Sugery

35
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What is vaginal rejuvenation?

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Labioplasty

Reconstruction of the hymen

36
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What are the female internal organs?

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Vagina
Vestibular bulb
Skenes gland/female prostate
Uterus
Fallopian tubes
Ovaries
Mammary glands
37
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What is the vagina?

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Tube shaped organ
Birth canal
8-10cm long in unaroused state
At the bottom it ends in the vaginal opening

38
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What is the pubococcygeus muscle?

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Area sound the vagina composed of 3 muscles

  • pubococcygeus which surrounds intoitus
  • Iliococcygeus
  • Coccygeus
39
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Where is the vestibular bulb?

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Bulbs of the clitoris
Organs areshape of clitoral crura
At Introits behind the labia minora
-erectile tissue

40
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What are the other names for the skeins gland?

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g spot
female protstate
Para-Urethral gland

41
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Where is the g spot?

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Lies between the upper wall of the urethra and the wall of the vagina
-size and sensitivity and among of secretion varies

42
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What is the g spot?

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Ducts of the scene gland empty into the urethra but isn’t urine

Secretory fluid similar to the male prostatic fluid (alkaline pH)

43
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What is the uterus?

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Womb
Size of fist
Shaped like upside down pear

44
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What is the fundus?

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Top part of the uterus

45
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What are the 3 layers of the uterus?

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Endometrium (sheds)
Myometrium (inner muscular layer)
Perimetrium (serosa)

46
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What is the other name for Fallopian tubes?

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Oviducts

Uterine tubes

47
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What is in the inside of Fallopian tubes?

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Cilia

48
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Where are the fimria of the Fallopian tubes?

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Fingerline projections on end of fallopian tube

49
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where does fertilization typically occur?

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In the infundibulum of the fallopian tube

-closest to ovary

50
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What do ovaries contain?

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Follicles (capsule surrounding the ova)

Primary follicle erupts mid cycle

51
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What are the 2 main functions of ovaries?

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Produce mature ova

MAke sex hormones

  • estrogen
  • progesterone
  • small amounts of testosterone
52
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How many mamary glands are there in the breast?

A

15-20 clusters each opening to the nipple

53
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What tissues are in breasts?

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Fatty and fibrous tissue surround the cluster of glands

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