4. MONS PUBIS
The triangular mound of fatty tissue
that covers the pubic bone
It protects the pubic symphysis
During adolescence sex hormones
trigger the growth of pubic hair on the
mons pubis
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LABIA MAJORA
The Labia Majora:
Protect the introitus and urethral openings
Are covered with hair and sebaceous glands
Beneath skin dense adipose and connective
tissue is preaent.
Become flaccid with age and after childbirth
Made up of squamous epithelium.
6. LABIA MINORA
Located inside the labia majora
Usually covered by the labia majora,
except in parous women.
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CLITORIS
Highly sensitive organ composed of nerves,
blood vessels, and erectile tissue
Located under the prepuce
Urethral opening is located directly below
clitoris
8. VESTIBULES
Triangular area which is bound
anteriorly by clitoris, posteriorly by
Fourchette and on sides by labia
minora.
Contains openings such as urethral,
vaginal, Bartholins duct opening.
9. VETIBULAR BULB
These are bilateral elongated masses
of erectile tissue situated beneath the
mucous membrane of vestibules.
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PERINEUM
The muscle and tissue located between the
vaginal opening and anal canal
It supports and surrounds the lower parts of
the urinary and digestive tracts
The perinium contains an abundance of
nerve endings that make it sensitive to
touch
An episiotomy is an incision of the perinium
used during childbirth for widening the
vaginal opening
11. NERVOUS SUPPLY AND
LYMPHATICS
L1,L2 and S123
Lymphatics
Superficial inguinal lymph nodes
Intermediate group of inguinal lymph
nodes
External and internal iliac lymph nodes
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VAGINA
The vagina is a fibro-muscular membraneous
sheath that connects the cervix to the external
genitals
It is located between the bladder and rectum
It functions :
As a passageway for the menstrual flow
For uterine secretions to pass down through the
introitus
As the birth canal during labor
With the help of two Bartholin’s glands becomes
lubricated during SI
17. uterus
pear-shaped hollow muscular organ in the upper
female reproductive tract.
Position= antevertion and anteflexion.
Parts
Body
Isthmus
Cervix
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OVARIES
The female gonads or sex glands
They develop and expel an ovum each month
A woman is born with approximately 400,000
immature eggs called follicles
During a lifetime a woman release @ 400 to 500
fully matured eggs for fertilization
The follicles in the ovaries produce the female sex
hormones, progesterone and estrogen
These hormones prepare the uterus for
implantation of the fertilized egg
25.
26. They are having a size of 3×2×1
ATTACHMENTS
To mesovarium by broad ligaments
Pelvic wall by infundibular ligaments.
Uterus by ovarian ligaments
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Breast
Overlie pectoralis major
Glandular structure
Nipple surrounded by areola
– melanocytes darken during pregnancy
Nonlactating breast has little glandular tissue
30. URETHRA
Extends from the neck of the bladder
to the urethral meatus.
Measures about 4cm and diameter
about 6mm.
Spincture urethra membranacae forms
the external spincture
31. Structures
Mucous membrane
Sub mucous coat
Muscle coat- inner longitudinal and outer
circular
Arteries- Internal pudental artery
Veins- Internal pudental vein
Lymphatic – Superficial inguinal nodes
External and internal illiac
group