Female Anatomy

Question 1

What are the main parts of the female reproductive system?

Answer 1

Ovary
Fallopian tube
Uterus
Cervix
Vagina

Question 2

What is the vulva?

Answer 2

External part of the female reproductive system

Question 3

What makes up the vulva?

Answer 3

Mons pubis 
Labia majora
Labia minora
Clitoris 
Bartholin's gland 
Vestibule

Question 4

What is the vestibule?

Answer 4

Contains vaginal + urethral opening

Question 5

What is the function of Bartholin’s gland?

Answer 5

Produces lubricating mucus

Question 6

What is the arterial supply to the vulva?

Answer 6

Pudendal artery

Question 7

What vein drains the vulva?

Answer 7

Pudendal vein

Question 8

What lymph nodes drain the vulva?

Answer 8

Superficial inguinal

Question 9

What epithelium lines the ovarian surface?

Answer 9

Germinal epithelium

Question 10

What lines the ovarian surface before the hilum?

Answer 10

Peritoneum

Question 11

What fills the ovary?

Answer 11

Tunica albuginea

Question 12

What artery supplies the ovary?

Answer 12

Ovarian - from the aorta

Question 13

What vein drains the ovary?

Answer 13

Ovarian

Right - IVC
Left - L renal vein

Question 14

What lymph nodes drain the ovary?

Answer 14

Para-aortic

Question 15

What are the parts of the fallopian tube?

Answer 15

Fibriae
Infundibulum
Ampulla
Isthmus

Question 16

What part of the fallopian tube is an ectopic pregnancy most likely to occur

Answer 16

Ampulla

Question 17

What is the normal anatomical position of the uterus?

Answer 17

Anteverted

Anteflexed

Question 18

What does anteverted mean?

Answer 18

Rotated forward

Question 19

What does anteflexed mean?

Answer 19

Flexed forward

Question 20

What are the layers of the uterus wall?

Answer 20

Peritoneum
- continuous with abdominal peritoneum

Myometrium
- thick smooth muscle

Endometrium

• deep = stratum basalis
• superficial = stratum functionalis

Question 21

What artery supplies the uterus?

Answer 21

Uterine artery

Question 22

What vein drains the uterus?

Answer 22

Uterine vein

Question 23

What lymph nodes drain the uterus?

Answer 23

Iliac
Sacral
Aortic
Inguinal

Question 24

What are the parts of the cervix?

Answer 24

Ectocervix

Endocervical canal

Question 25

What is the ectocervix?

Answer 25

External os ->vagina

Question 26

What is the external os?

Answer 26

OPens into endocervical canal

Question 27

What is the internal os?

Answer 27

Opens into uterus

Question 28

What lines the ectocervix?

Answer 28

Stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium

Question 29

What is the endocervical canal?

Answer 29

Between the external and internal os

Question 30

What lines the endocervical canal?

Answer 30

Mucus-secreting simple columnar epithelium

Question 31

What lines the vagina?

Answer 31

Stratified squamous epithelium

Question 32

What are the supporting ligaments?

Answer 32

Broad ligament Ovarian ligaments - ovarian - suspensory Uterine ligaments - round - cardinal - pubocervical - uterosacral

Question 33

What is the broad ligament?

Answer 33

Flat sheet of peritoneum that covers all the female reproductive system

Question 34

Where does the broad ligament lie?

Answer 34

Extends from lateral pelvic wall Attaches to - uterus - ovaries - fallopian tubes

Question 35

What is the role of the ovarian ligament?

Answer 35

Connect ovary to uterus

Question 36

Where does the ovarian ligament lie?

Answer 36

Attaches inferiorly to ovary Joins uterus just below fallopian tube

Question 37

What is the role of the suspensory ligament?

Answer 37

Contains all the ovarian vessels and nerves

Question 38

Where does the suspensory ligament lie?

Answer 38

Ovary -> lateral abdominal wall

Question 39

What is the role of the round ligament?

Answer 39

Anchors uterus | Maintains anteverted position in pregnancy

Question 40

Where does the round ligament lie?

Answer 40

Uterine horns - travels through inguinal canal - labia majora

Question 41

What is the role of the cardinal ligament?

Answer 41

Contains uterine vessels

Question 42

Where does the cardinal ligament lie?

Answer 42

Cervix + vagina -> lateral pelvic wall Lies in the inferior border of the broad ligament