Pelvic Organs Flashcards
- Superior Concavity
- When bladder is full for TA the dome extends above uterine fundus
Bladder
-Muscular tube 7-10cm in length
Post fornix
-Laterl & anterior fornix
-Gartners duct cyst
Vagina
Largest surrounds posterior part of external cervix & collects fluid due to gravity
Post fornix
Appears as anechoic structure in vagina
Garnters duct cysts
- 3-4cm in length for nulliparous women
- compromised of collagenous & elastic tissue
Cervix
- Muscle structure posterior to bladder & anterior to recto sigmoid colon
- fundus widesdt portion & superior
- corpus/body - largest portion where tubes enter uterus
- lus - aka isthmus is narrowest portion located between corpus & CX
- vesciuterine pouch
- space of retzius
Uterus
Pouch or anterior CDS
Vesciuterine
Prevesical or retropubic space between pubic bone and bladder
Space of Retzius
Uterus contains ____ layers
3 layers
Innermost lining superficial layer is called the Zone functionalism and deeper basil layer thickness varies from 1mm - 8mm
Mucosa (endometrium)
Thickest layer of smooth muscle extends into ovarian and round ligaments
Muscular (Myometrium)
Peritoneal covering of uterus, not visible monographically
Serosa (perimetrium)
Uterus age 2-8
length & width
33 (mm)
7.5 width
9 (menarche)
43 length
13 width
Nulliparous
80 length
30 width