lec 1 Flashcards
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- Vulva includes:
– Mons pubis
– Labia majora and minora
–Clitoris
– Urethral meatus
–Vaginal vestibule
– Perineal body
Subcutaneous fatty tissue at lowest
portion of anterior abdominal wall, over
the pubic bone
–Covered with pubic hair & loaded with
nerve endings
– Mons pubis
– Either side of the vulvar cleft
–Chief function to protect structures
between Stratified squamous epithelium
Labia majora
Skin within labia majora that converge
near the anus
– Form fourchette
Labia minora
– Located between labia minora
– Primary erogenous organ of women
- Clitoris
Erectile tissue with prepuce, or clitoral
hood
- Clitoris
– 1–2.5 cm beneath clitoris
– Difficult to visualize
– on 2 sides of the opening
Skene glands or paraurethral glands
area between labia minora &
has 2 opennings: uterthral & vagina
Vaginal vestibule
– Wedge-shaped mass of fibromuscular
tissue between vagina and anus
– superficial area
–Site of episiotomy or lacerations during
childbirth
- Perineal body
Internal Genital Organs
Vagina
Uterus
Fallopian tubes
Ovaries
A glove-like space, stretchable canal, run from the vestibule to cervix
– Muscular, membranous tube
Vagina
Wall of vagina is covered with
rugae
lenght of vagina
10 cm
allows enlargement
of vagina during delivery
rugae
PH scale of vagina
– Normally acidic during reproductive life
