Gynecology & Angiology

Question 1

What are the proportions of the female infant uterus, immediately after birth?

Answer 1

2/3 Body : 1/3 Cervix

Question 2

What are the proportions of the female infant uterus; postpartum?

Answer 2

Uterus 1/2 : Cervix 1/2

Question 3

What are the proportions of the female uterus during puberty?

Answer 3

Uterus: 2/3 ; Cervix 1/3

Question 4

What are the proportions of the female uterus after menopause?

Answer 4

Uterus 1/2 ; Cervix 1/2

Question 5

The Papanicolaou Smear can detect what?

Answer 5

Premalignant cervical conditions

Question 6

What does a Hysterectomy involve?

Answer 6

Excision of the uterus through the anterior abdominal wall or vagina

Question 7

How is Ligation of Uterine Tubes surgically done and what is the result of this surgery?

Answer 7

Litigation of the Uterine Tubes: Involves an adominal approach or a laproscopic approach (thorugh the umbilicus)

Result: Ligating the uterine tubes so that the oocytes never reach the uterine cavity

Question 8

What are internal hemorrhoids?

Answer 8

They are a prolapse of the mucosa containing the internal venous plexus –> impeding blood flow

Question 9

What are external hemerrhoids?

Answer 9

They are the produced via blood clots in the external rectal venous plexus which bulge out into the mucosa and overlying skin; these are painful