Virginity Pregnancy + Abortion Flashcards
Virginity
Female who has not experienced any sexual intercourse
Labia majora
Thick, firm,elastic, rounded lie in opposition to completely close vaginal orifice
#Meet in front in ant.commissure
#Back in posterior commissure in front of anus
Labia minora
2 thin folds within labia majora
Soft, Small, pink ,sensitive
Lower portion of labia minora fuse in midline &form a fold called fourchette
Fosa navicularis
Depression between fourchette & vaginal orifice
Vagina
Narrow & tight ,mucosa- rugose, reddish colour, sensitive to touch
Length = 7&1/2cm
Hymen
Folds of mucus membrane about 1mm thick situated at vaginal outlet
#upto 3-4yrs hymen fleshy fimbriated
#until onset of puberty thin delicate almost translucent
#during puberty thickened enlarged
Types of hymen 7
1) Semilunar Or crescentic
2) annular -oval near center
3) infantile - small linear opening
4) cribriform - several openings
5) vertical -Opening is vertical
6) septate - 2 lateral opening
7) imperforate - no opening
Signs of virginity
1) an intact hymen
2) normal condition of fourchette posterior commissure
3) narrow vagina with rugose walls these signs taken together regarded as evidence but taken singly can’t be regarded
Braxton hicks sign or
intermittent uterine contractions
Painless uterine contractions difficult to observe before 3rd month
Easily felt after 4th month
Each contractions last for 1minutes
Relaxation for 2-3 mins ;present even when foetus is dead
Atavism
The child doesn’t resemble parents but resembles grand parents👵👴 due to inheritance from remote instead from immediate ancestors, due to chance recombinant gene fail to express in father but not in child
Artificial insemination AI
Artificial introduction of semen into vagina cervix uterus to produce pregnancy
If semen is husband’s - AI husband
If semen is donors - AI donor
Pooled Donor semen - AIHD
Criminal abortion
Destruction and expulsion of foetus from womb of mother unlawfully when there is no therapeutic indication for operation, done by widows unmarried women, carried out before 3rd month
False virgin
Person who had sexual intercourse with Intact, loose elastic hymen can admit 2 fingers, fourchette - torn, fossa navicularis - disappear, vaginal rugae are less obvious