OB Broad Perspective and Anatomy of Female Repro Flashcards
Leading cause of women’s death worldwide as of 2013
Cardiovascular disease
Leading cause of maternal death in the Philippines
Pregnancy related complications
An average of _ among <20 y/o population has already been pregnant at least once
22%
No. of times pregnant, regardless of the duration or outcome (how many times have you been pregnant?)
Gravida
Delivered before 37 weeks
Preterm birth
Number of abortion that took place in the Philippines (2008)
500,000
Number of women who sought treatment for complications after abortion
90,000
Maternal causes of death in the Philippines
Complications related to pregnancy thru labor, delivery, & puerperium (38.4%)
Hypertension (35.2%)
Postpartum hemorrhage/uterine atony (17.3%)
Abortive outcome (9.1%)
Deals with child birth and treatment of the mother before and after childbirth
Deals with pregnancy, labor, & puerperium (6 weeks after childbirth, mother recovers to non pregnant state)
Obstetrics
Maternal mortality rate in the Philippines
162 deaths per 100,000 live births
Infant mortality rate in the Philippines
19.34 deaths per 1,000 live births
External generative tract
Mons pubis Labia majora and minora Clitoris Hymen Vestibule Vagina Perineum Bartholin's Para urethral glands Uretha
Internal generative tract
Uterus
Cervix
Oviducts/Fallopian tubes
Ovaries
Also known as mons veneris
A fat filled cushion
Forming the escutcheon
Contains many nerve endings
Mons pubis
Mons pubis
Function: padding during coitus
Embryo: from fusion of labioscrotal swellings
Histo: stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
Blood supply: inferior epigastric artery & deep external pudendal artery
Lymphatics: superficial inguinal lymph nodes
Innervation: ilioinguinal & genitofemoral nerves
Innervation of mons pubis
Ilioinguinal and genitofemoral nerves
Has rich venous plexus that may develop varicosities during pregnancy due to increased venous pressure by the enlarged uterus
Labia majora
Continuos with the mons pubis superiorly
Posteriorly, merge over the perineal body to form the posterior commisure
Round ligaments terminate at its upper border
Labia majora
Highly sensitive (coitus)
Homologous with male scrotum
From labioscrotal swellings
Labia majora
Blood supply of Labia majora
Internal pudendal artery
Venous plexus
Innervation of Labia majora
Ilioinguinal & genitofemoral nerves
Posterior labial nerves
Histology of labia majora
Keratinized stratified squamous
Apocrine, eccrine, & sebaceous glands
Dense CT with elastic fibers and adipose
Length: 7-8cm
Depth: 2-3cm
Thickness: 1-1.5cm
Labia majora
Paired, thin, hairless tissue fold medial to the labia majora
Length: 2-10cm
Width: 1-5cm
Labia minora
2 lamellae of the Labia minora
Upper: fuse to form prepuce (hood) of clitoris
Lower: frenulum of the clitoris
Fuse in midline as low ridges of tissue called FOURCHETTE
Highly sensitive (coitus)
Labia minora
Derived from urethral (urogenital) folds
Homologous to ventral shaft of penis
Labia minora
Histology of labia minora
Outer: thinly keratinized stratified squamous
Inner: lateral portion same as outer.
Medial to Hart line: non keratinized
Dermis: CT with elastic fibers, sm, and sebaceous glands
Lacks hair follicles, eccrine, and apocrine glands
Blood supply of labia minora
Internal pudendal artery and dorsal artery of the clitoris
Lymphatics and Innervation of Labia minora
Lymphatics: deep inguinal nodes
Innervation: dorsal nerve of clitoris and post. labial nerve (perineal nerve)
Beneath prepuce & above the frenulum and urethra
Projects downward and inward towards vaginal opening
Length: 2cm
Clitoris
Clitoris is composed of
Glans (stratified squamous), corpus, and 2 crura
Principal female erogenous organ
Clitoris
Derived from genital tubercle
Erectile homologue of the penis
Clitoris
Histology of Clitoris
Keratinized stratified squamous without dermal appendages
Abundant in erectile tissues
Blood supply of clitoris
Deep artery of clitoris (branch of internal pudendal artery) -body of clitoris
Dorsal artery of clitoris - glans and prepuce
Lymphatics of clitoris
Deep inguinal nodes
Internal iliac nodes
Innervation of clitoris
Inferior hypogastric plexus
Dorsal nerve of the clitoris (from pudendal nerve)
An almond shaped area. Functionally mature female structure
Vestibule
Vestibule
Laterally: Hart line
Medially: external hymen
Anteriorly: frenulum of clitoris
Posteriorly: fourchette
Posterior portion of vestibule is called
Fossa navicularis
- posterior portion between fourchette and vaginal opening
- seen only in nulliparas
Six opening of vestibule
Urethra
Vagina
2 bartholins
2 skenes
Vestibule is derived from
Urogenital membrane
Histology of vestibule
Non keratinized stratified squamous
Minor vestibular glands (acini) -mucinous columnar epi
Also known as greater vestibular glands
Major glands measure 0.5-1cm
Bartholin glands
Measure 1.5-2cm and open distal to the hymenal ring (at 5 & 7 o’clock position on the vestibule)
Bartholin glands
May swell & obstruct to form cyst or abscess (following trauma or infection)
Bartholin glands
Lie inferior to vestibular bulbs & deep to inferior end of the bulbocavernousus muscle
Bartholin glands
Also known as skene’s glands
Obstruction & inflammation may lead to urethral diverticulum
Paraurethral glands