OBGYN.
Everything you need to pass—nothing you don’t!
Obstetrician - Answer: doctor that deals with pregnancy and getting pregnant
- handles fertility issues
Gynecologist - Answer: deals with female reproductive system
-and things outside of getting pregnant
Inferior pelvic cavity - Answer: true pelvis (fetus passes through during childbirth)
Superior pelvic cavity - Answer: False pelvis
- includes iliac crest
- attachment for pelvic musculature
True pelvis contains - Answer: pelvic inlet (round)
Pelvic outlet (oval)
Mons pubis - Answer: Rounded eminence of adipose tissue anterior to symphysis pubis
-superior to vaginal opening and covered with coarse hair
Labia majora - Answer: 2 rounded, longitudinal flaps extending from mons pubis to
perineum
Labia minora - Answer: 2 flat, cutaneous flaps lying between the labia majora
-bifurcates at the clitoris
-contains sebaceous glands
Clitoris - Answer: Erectile structure loaded above urethral orifice and below mons pubis
-covered by fused ends of anterior labia minora
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, Vestibule - Answer: cavity between labia minora
- Contains urethral meatus AND
Barothlin's glands
Perineum - Answer: Area between inferior vaginal opening and anus
-stretches during delivery of fetus but may be torn or damaged
Vagina - Answer: Fibromuscular tube continuous with external genitalia
Vaginal mucosa - Answer: becomes thicker and more acidic after puberty
- the acidity kills sperm (to prevent multiples in pregnancies)
Fornix - Answer: Excess vaginal tissue surrounding the cervix
Uterus - Answer: Hollow, thick-walled, pear-shaped organ situated between bladder and
rectum
Adnexa - Answer: fallopian tubes and ovaries
Corpus uteri - Answer: body of the uterus
Internal os - Answer: opening between uterus and cervix
External os - Answer: the opening of the cervical canal of the uterus into the vagina
Uterus is... - Answer: lined with endometrium that is shed during phases of the menstrual
cycle (~28 days)
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 2
Everything you need to pass—nothing you don’t!
Obstetrician - Answer: doctor that deals with pregnancy and getting pregnant
- handles fertility issues
Gynecologist - Answer: deals with female reproductive system
-and things outside of getting pregnant
Inferior pelvic cavity - Answer: true pelvis (fetus passes through during childbirth)
Superior pelvic cavity - Answer: False pelvis
- includes iliac crest
- attachment for pelvic musculature
True pelvis contains - Answer: pelvic inlet (round)
Pelvic outlet (oval)
Mons pubis - Answer: Rounded eminence of adipose tissue anterior to symphysis pubis
-superior to vaginal opening and covered with coarse hair
Labia majora - Answer: 2 rounded, longitudinal flaps extending from mons pubis to
perineum
Labia minora - Answer: 2 flat, cutaneous flaps lying between the labia majora
-bifurcates at the clitoris
-contains sebaceous glands
Clitoris - Answer: Erectile structure loaded above urethral orifice and below mons pubis
-covered by fused ends of anterior labia minora
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
, Vestibule - Answer: cavity between labia minora
- Contains urethral meatus AND
Barothlin's glands
Perineum - Answer: Area between inferior vaginal opening and anus
-stretches during delivery of fetus but may be torn or damaged
Vagina - Answer: Fibromuscular tube continuous with external genitalia
Vaginal mucosa - Answer: becomes thicker and more acidic after puberty
- the acidity kills sperm (to prevent multiples in pregnancies)
Fornix - Answer: Excess vaginal tissue surrounding the cervix
Uterus - Answer: Hollow, thick-walled, pear-shaped organ situated between bladder and
rectum
Adnexa - Answer: fallopian tubes and ovaries
Corpus uteri - Answer: body of the uterus
Internal os - Answer: opening between uterus and cervix
External os - Answer: the opening of the cervical canal of the uterus into the vagina
Uterus is... - Answer: lined with endometrium that is shed during phases of the menstrual
cycle (~28 days)
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 2
