Female urogenital region (dave's notes)

Question 1

List the components of the female external genitalia

Answer 1

Mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vaginal vestibule and greater vestibular glands. Analogous to male structures but different in the failure of midline fusion.

Question 2

Describe the structure of and inferior boundaries of the mons pubis

Answer 2

Hairy skin and subcutaneous fat extending back into the labia major

Question 3

Describe the labia majora

Answer 3

Fatty cutaneous folds with found ligament ending in the front of each labium. Note anterior and posterior commisure

Question 4

Descrive the labia minora

Answer 4

Cutaneous folds without fat, providing orifice boundaries and splitting around the clitoris

Question 5

What analogous structure forms the clitoris?

Answer 5

Two miniature corpus cavernosae

Question 6

What does the vestibule contains?

Answer 6

The external urethral meatus and orifice and ducts

Question 7

How does the female perineal membrane differ from the male?

Answer 7

It is wider than the male but is weaker, pierced transversely by the vagina. It provides ishiocavernosus muscle to the clitoris and supports bulbospongiosus muscle.

Question 8

What glands are found in the vestibule and where?

Answer 8

Greater vestibular glands lie at 4 and 8 o’clock, each with a 2cm duct to a bulbourethral gland
Letter vestibular glands are minute openings between the urethra and vagina

Question 9

What does the deep perineal pouch contain?

Answer 9

It is traversed by the urethra and vagina and contains urethral sphincters and transverse musles.

Question 10

How does the female perineal body differ from the male?

Answer 10

It is much more mobile