Women's Health Flashcards
layers of anterior abdominal wall
skin campers fascia scarpas fascia rectus abdominis pyrimidalis external oblique internal oblique transversus abdominis rectus sheath peritoneum
transversalis fascia location?
below arcuate: above and below rectus abdominis
above: below only (sheath above)
greater pelvis borders
(above pectinate line)
lumbar vert
iliac fossa
abd wall
lesser pelvis borders
(below pectinate line)
sacrum
ischium
pubis
pelvimetry definition
measurement of diameters of pelvic outlet, inlet and midpelvis
most important pelvimetry measurement
obstetric conjugate (shortest)
what do you actually measure?
diagonal conjugate
why cant you measure the obstetric conjugate?
bladder is in the way
pelvic outlet
bottom of pubis to bottom of coccyx
pelvic inlet
top of pubis to top of sacrum
obstetric conjugate
middle of pubis to top of sacrum
necessary obstetric conjugate for birth
> 10 cm (11)
types of female pelvis (MC to LC)
gynecoid (typical female) - 50%
anthropoid (narrow) - 25%
android (typical male) - 20%
platypelloid (wide) - 5%
diff btwn labia majora/minora
majora has fat and hair follicles, minora doesnt
blood supply for vagina
vaginal artery (branch of hypogastric - internal iliac)
blood supply for uterus
uterine art
ovarian art
blood supply for ovaries
fill
ovarian artery
vagina histo
stratified non keratinized squamous
cervix histo
outside: stratified non keratinized squamous
transitional zone
inside: columnar
cervix histo (@ diff ages)
younger: more squamous
older: more columnar
broad ligament attachments
fill
round ligament attachments
top of uterus
labia majora
ovarian ligament attachments
fill
suspensory ligament attachments
ovary
post abd wall