Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What 3 structures constitute the birth canal?

Answer 1

Cervix, vagina and vulva

Question 2

What is A?

Answer 2

Fallopian tubes

Question 3

What is B?

Answer 3

Uterus

Question 4

What is C?

Answer 4

Vagina

Question 5

What is D?

Answer 5

Cervix

Question 6

What is F?

Answer 6

Ovary

Question 7

What are the 3 layers of the uterus?

Answer 7

Peritoneum
Myometrium
Endometrium

Question 8

What area of the uterine body does the lower segment of the uterus develop from?

Answer 8

Uterovaginal primordium

Question 9

What makes the lower segment of the uterus?

Answer 9

Area between cervix and uterus
Lower segment is opened in CS

Question 10

What is the normal position of the uterus?

Answer 10

Anteflexed and anteverted

Question 11

What is the blue arrow pointing to?

Answer 11

Rectouterine pouch

Question 12

What is the red arrow pointing to?

Answer 12

Uterovesical pouch

Question 13

What is the green arrow pointing to?

Answer 13

Rectum

Question 14

What is the orange arrow pointing to?

Answer 14

Broad ligament

Question 15

How many fornixes are there in the vagina?

Answer 15

2
Cervix protrudes into the proximal end of the vagina forming recess at lower margin of the vagina

Question 16

Through which fornix can you access the rectouterine pouch?

Answer 16

Posterior vaginal fornix

Question 17

Which ligament is called the cradinal ligament of the uterus?

Answer 17

Lateral/ transverse ligament

Question 18

What is A?

Answer 18

Round ligament

Question 19

What is B?

Answer 19

Ovary

Question 20

What is D?

Answer 20

Ovarian vessels

Question 21

What is E?

Answer 21

Ligament of the ovary

Question 22

What is F?

Answer 22

Broad ligament

Question 23

What is an important support of the uterus apart from the ligaments?

Answer 23

Pelvic floor muscles

Question 24

What are the 4 parts of the fallopian tubes?

Answer 24

Infundibulum
Ampulla
Isthmus
Intramural or uterine part

Question 25

Which part of the uterine tube is the longest and widest?

Answer 25

Ampulla

Question 26

Fertilisation occurs in which part of the uterine tube?

Answer 26

Ampulla

Question 27

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 27

Fertilised egg may be unable to pass into the uterus and can implant in the uterine tube

Question 28

What is the ligament from the uterus to ovary?

Answer 28

Broad

Question 29

What s the ligament from the ovary to lateral pelvic wall?

Answer 29

Suspensory

Question 30

What is the origin of the ovarian and internal iliac arteries?

Answer 30

Abdominal aorta

Question 31

What vertebral level does the ovarian arteries originate from?

Answer 31

L2/3

Question 32

Describe the course of the ovarian artery

Answer 32

As it descends the artery passes within the suspensory ligament to supply ovaries via the broad ligament Freely anastomoses with the uterine artery

Question 33

Which vein does the left ovarian vein drain into?

Answer 33

Left renal vein

Question 34

Which vein does the right ovarian vein drain into?

Answer 34

IVC

Question 35

What is the course of the uterine artery?

Answer 35

Crosses over the ureter at the level of the ischial spine, junction of cervix and lateral part of the fornix of the vagina

Question 36

What is A?

Answer 36

Ovarian artery

Question 37

What is B?

Answer 37

Uterine artery

Question 38

What is C?

Answer 38

Internal iliac artery

Question 39

Which group of lymph nodes drains the ovary?

Answer 39

Para-aortic LNs

Question 40

What is the lymphatic drainage of the fundus and upper uterine body?

Answer 40

Pre-aortic group of LNs

Question 41

What is the lymphatic drainage of the rest of the uterine body?

Answer 41

Iliac, sacral and inguinal LNs

Question 42

What is the lymphatic drainage of the uterine cervix?

Answer 42

Internal iliac and sacral LNs

Question 43

What is the lymphatic drainage of the vagina?

Answer 43

Superior - external iliac nodes Middle - internal iliac nodes Inferior - superficial inguinal LNs

Question 44

How many lobes does each breast contain?

Answer 44

15-25 lobes with tubulo-acinar glands and stroma (connective tissue)

Question 45

What is the position of the breasts with landmarks?

Answer 45

Extend vertically from the 2nd rib to 6th rib Horizontally from the lateral border of the sternum to the mid-axillary line

Question 46

What muscles are the breasts related to?

Answer 46

Pectoralis major Pectoralis minor Serratus anterior

Question 47

What is A?

Answer 47

Lateral thoracic artery

Question 48

What is B?

Answer 48

Axillary artery

Question 49

What is C?

Answer 49

Internal thoracic artery

Question 50

What is D?

Answer 50

Lateral mammary branches

Question 51

What is E?

Answer 51

Lateral mammary branches from posterior intercostal arteries

Question 52

What is F?

Answer 52

Medial mammary branches

Question 53

What are the main groups of lymph nodes draining the breast tissue?

Answer 53

Apical axillary Central axillary Anterior Lateral Posterior

Question 54

Which group of lymph nodes first receive lymph from lateral part of the breast tissue?

Answer 54

Anterior axillary lymph nodes

Question 55

Which group of lymph nodes first receive lymph from medial part of the breast tissue?

Answer 55

Parasternal lymph nodes

Question 56

What are the treatment options for breast cancer?

Answer 56

Chemotherapy and possible hormone treatment Lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy Mastectomy and axillary clearance