MATERNAL ANATOMY Flashcards
arranged transversely, Pfannensteil incision has superior cosmetic results
Langer lines
abnormally wide separation of rectus abdominis muscle
Diastesis Recti
maybe lacerated during a maylardincision during muscle transection(rectus sheath hematoma)
Inferior EpigastricVessels
can be severed during a low segment incision or entrapped during closure
Iliohypogastric and Ilioinguinal nerve
EXTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS
❖Mons pubis ❖Clitoris ❖Urinary meatus ❖Labia majora ❖Labia minora ❖Vestibule ❖Bartholin’sglands ❖Periurethralglands
INTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS
❖Vagina ❖Uterus ❖Cervix ❖Fallopian Tubes ❖Ovaries
❖Pair of cutaneous folds
❖Pigmented with hair, sweat & sebaceous glands
❖Size related to fat content
❖Homologous to scrotum
labia majora
❖Pair of small, red cutaneousfolds
❖Between the labia majora& hymen
❖Fuses anteriorlyto form prepuce of clitoris & inferiorly as its frenulum
❖Dense connective tissue, elastic fibers & sebaceous glands
❖Prominent in children & postmenopausal women
labia minora
Lowest portion of urogenital sinus
Cleft between labia minora
From clitoris to the posterior fourchette
Perforated by 6 openings: Orifices of the urethra, vagina, paraurethralglands & ducts of Bartholin’sglands open into it
With numerous small mucinous glands
VESTIBULE
❖Membranous conduit for urine from the urinary bladder to the vestibule
❖3.5 to 5 cm in length
URETHRA
mucosal lining of Urethra
❖Proximal 2/3
❖Distal 1/3
❖Distal orifice
stratified transitional epithelium
stratified squamous
4-6mm with everted mucosa
❖Paraurethral glands
❖Branched, tubular glands adjacent to the distal urethra
❖Parallel to the long axis of urethra
❖Ducts open into the area just outside the urethral orifice
❖Largest of paraurethral glands
❖Homologous to male prostate
SKENE’S GLAND
❖May be infected ❖Chronic infection-one or more urethral diverticula; ❖symptoms like UTI –Frequency –Urgency –Dysuria
SKENE’S GLAND
❖Vulvovaginal glands at postero ateral aspect of vaginal opening (4:00 & 8:00)
❖Pea-sized pair of lobulated racemous glands
❖Gland of cuboidal epithelium
❖2 cm long ducts are lined by transitional epithelium
❖Ducts open into a groove between hymen & labia minora
BARTHOLIN’S GLAND
labia majora homologues to male
scrotum
labia minora
penile urethra/ skin of penis
clitoris
penis
skene’s glands
prostate
Bartholin’s gland
Cowper’s gland
vestibular bulbs
bulb of penis