OB/GYN Surgery

Question 1

The pelvic girdle consists of the

Answer 1

iliac crest, ischia, pubic bones, and sacrum

Question 2

Bartholin’s glands are located

Answer 2

within the vestibule

Question 3

The uterine lining is called the

Answer 3

endometrium

Question 4

The ligament that supports the bulk of the ovary is called the ___ ligament.

Answer 4

ovarian

Question 5

The uterine tubes are contained within the ___ ligament.

Answer 5

broad

Question 6

The uterine appendages are the ___.

Answer 6

ovaries and fallopian tubes

Question 7

The term gravida indicates the

Answer 7

number of pregnancies

Question 8

The term used to describe abnormal labor or childbirth is

Answer 8

dystocia

Question 9

The three layers of the uterine wall are the ___.

Answer 9

visceral peritoneum, myometrium, and endometrium

Question 10

The two hormones from the anterior pituitary that stimulate the ovarian cycle are ___.

Question 11

What are the 3 portions of the uterus?

Answer 11

Fundus (upper portion), Body (middle portion), Cervix (lower portion).

Question 12

The broad ligaments do what?

Answer 12

suspend the uterus from the pelvic wall.

Question 13

Above the broad ligaments, near the fallopian tubes, lie the

Answer 13

round ligaments.

Question 14

The round ligaments do what?

Answer 14

they help suspend the uterus anteriorly

Question 15

Below the broad ligaments lie the

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cardinal ligaments.

Question 16

The cardinal ligaments do what?

Answer 16

provide the primary support for the uterus.

Question 17

Curve along the bottom of the uterus and attach it to the sacrum.

Answer 17

the uterosacral ligaments

Question 18

What do the vestibule glands include

Answer 18

the skene glands and the bartholin glands

Question 19

Methylene blue dye is used

Answer 19

to verify the patency of the fallopian tubes.

Question 20

Lugol solution is used

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for staining the cervix during Schiller test

Question 21

Methergine used

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after abortion to enhance uterine contraction and control uterine bleeding.

Question 22

What pathology is a serious obstetrical emergency that is a type of coagulopathy resulting from over-stimulation of the clotting and anti-clotting process?

Answer 22

Disseminated Intravascular coagulation (DIC)

Question 23

Placement of a collar type ligature into the internal os to keep the incompetent cervix closed during the entire pregnancy

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Cervical Cerclage (Shirodkar’s procedure)

Question 24

En bloc removal of ovaries, fallopian tube’s, uterus and ligaments, upper third of vagina and associated lymph nodes

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Radical Hysterectomy (Wertheim Procedure)

Question 25

Blood supply of the uterus

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1. Uterine artery (arising from internal iliac)
2. Ovarian artery (arising from aorta at around L4)

Question 26

What arteries supply the muscles of the perineum

Answer 26

Internal pudendal artery and its branches
Ex: Inferior rectal artery & posterior labial artery

Internal pudendal branches off the anterior division of the internal iliac

Question 27

Which structures form the levator ani?

Answer 27

The puborectalis, pubococcygeus, and iliococcygeus