Female Flashcards
Who should have a pelvic exam
Women every 3 years who are sexually active
All women at the age of 21 for baseline
3 parts to pelvic exam
- Observation and speculum exam
- Bimanual
- Rectovaginal (include DRE)
Speculum exam details
Prior to bimanual
Without jelly***
Warmed blades and closed
45 degree angle posteriorly
Visual observation of cervix
Position Color Surface characteristics Discharge Size/shape of os
Flat lined os-after labor
Multiparous cervix
How does exerted cervix look
Lipstick on lips
Red
Nabothian cysts look like
Raised areas
Os deforms to C shape
How many samples are taken in a pap
2
Mc stds
HPV
Herpes
Chlamydia
What’s the goal of a pap
Screen for cervical cancer
Cells from transitional zone
Close to os
Signs of pregnancy
Amenorrhea, nausea, breast changes, skin pigmentation, urinary frequency
Which glands are an immune protection
Bartholins
Mc site for ectopic pregnancy
Fallopian tube
Which std causes scaring of Fallopian tubes
Chlamydia
What is hydrocolpos
Distention if vagina bc of fluid