vaginal cytology: other components

Question 1

mucus will start to decrease during

- and will be gone by

Answer 1

proestrus

- gone by estrus - mucus has spermicidal and antibacterial properties and we can’t have it killing sperm

Question 2

describe bacteria presence during estrus

Answer 2

common - no neutrophils to get rid of it

Question 3

describe bacteria and mucus presence during diestrus

Answer 3

• bacteria is decreasing because neutrophils are returning

- mucus is increasing

Question 4

describe bacteria and mucus presence during anestrus

Answer 4

mucus will be present, but bacteria depends on the individual