Female Pelvis/Perineum Flashcards
What is the fatty layer anterior to the pubic symphysis in females?
Mons Pubis
What is the female homolog of the scrotum?
Labia Majora
What female structure contains the termination of the round ligament of the uterus?
Labia Majora
What structure surrounds the vestibule of the vagina?
Labia Minora
What is the female homolog of the penis?
Clitoris
What structures make up the clitoris?
2 crura, 2 corpora cavernosa, glans clitoris
Which orifices open into the vestibule of the vagina?
Orifices of urethra, vagina, and ducts of greater and lesser vestibular glands, paraurethral glands
What is the female homolog of the prostate gland?
Paraurethral glands (Skene’s glands)
What is the female homolog of the bulbourethral glands?
Greater vestibular (Bartholin’s glands)
What structure covers the crura of the clitoris?
Ischiocavernosus m.
What structure covers the bulb of the vestibule?
Bulbocavernosus mm.
In what anatomical space are the greater vestibular glands located in females?
Superficial perineal pouch
In females the external urinary sphincter is broken up into what 2 parts?
Compressor urethrae and urethralvaginal sphincter m.
What are the contents of the female superficial perineal pouch?
Bulbospongiosus mm., bulbs of the vestibule, ischiocavernosus mm., crura of clitoris, superficial transverse perineus mm., Greater vestibular glands, urethra and vagina, deep and superficial perineal branches of the internal pudendal vessels and pudendal nn.
What are the contents of the female deep perineal pouch?
Urethral sphincter complex, deep transverse perineal mm., urethra and vagina, deep perineal branches of internal pudendal vessels and pudendal n, dorsal a. and n. of the clitoris
What is the female analog of the posterior scrotal n. branches?
Posterior Labial brs.
What innervates the anterior labia majora?
Branches of ilioinguinal n and genital branch of genitofemoral n.