MATERNAL CHILD NURSING 5TH EDITION
2026 LABOR DELIVERY INTRAPARTUM CARE
FETAL MONITORING AND SAFETY
PROTOCOLS
◉ What is the term for the female external genital organs?
Answer: Vulva
◉ Define prepuce
Answer: The hood-like covering of the clitoris
◉ Name the female external genital organs
Answer: Mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibular
glands, vaginal vestibule, vaginal orifice and urethral opening
◉ What is the mons pubis?
Answer: A fatty pad that lies over the anterior surface of the
symphysis pubis.
◉ What are the labia majora?
,Answer: Two rounded, highly vascularized folds of fatty tissue
covered in skin that extend downward and backward from the mons
pubis.
◉ What purpose do the labia majora serve?
Answer: Protect the inner vulvular structures.
◉ What are the labia minora?
Answer: Two flat, reddish folds of tissue that are visible when the
labia majora are pulled back.
◉ What is the frenulum?
Answer: The fold of tissue under the clitoris.
◉ What is the fourchette?
Answer: A thin flat tissue where the labia minora meet underneath
the vagina at midline.
◉ What is the clitoris?
Answer: A small structure composed of erectile tissue with
numerous sensory nerve endings.
◉ What is the vaginal vestibule?
, Answer: An almond-shaped area enclosed by the labia minora that
contains openings to the urethra, Skene glands, vagina and bartholin
glands.
◉ Where is the urethra usually located?
Answer: About 2.5cm below the clitoris.
◉ What are Skene glands?
Answer: Glands found on both sides of the urethra that produce
mucus to aid in lubrication of the vagina.
◉ What is the hymen?
Answer: A connective tissue membrane that surrounds the vaginal
opening.
◉ What is the perineum?
Answer: a skin-covered muscular area between the fourchette and
the anus.
◉ What is the perineal body?
Answer: A wedge-shaped muscle that serves as an anchor for the
muscles, fascia and ligaments of the pelvis.
2026 LABOR DELIVERY INTRAPARTUM CARE
FETAL MONITORING AND SAFETY
PROTOCOLS
◉ What is the term for the female external genital organs?
Answer: Vulva
◉ Define prepuce
Answer: The hood-like covering of the clitoris
◉ Name the female external genital organs
Answer: Mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, vestibular
glands, vaginal vestibule, vaginal orifice and urethral opening
◉ What is the mons pubis?
Answer: A fatty pad that lies over the anterior surface of the
symphysis pubis.
◉ What are the labia majora?
,Answer: Two rounded, highly vascularized folds of fatty tissue
covered in skin that extend downward and backward from the mons
pubis.
◉ What purpose do the labia majora serve?
Answer: Protect the inner vulvular structures.
◉ What are the labia minora?
Answer: Two flat, reddish folds of tissue that are visible when the
labia majora are pulled back.
◉ What is the frenulum?
Answer: The fold of tissue under the clitoris.
◉ What is the fourchette?
Answer: A thin flat tissue where the labia minora meet underneath
the vagina at midline.
◉ What is the clitoris?
Answer: A small structure composed of erectile tissue with
numerous sensory nerve endings.
◉ What is the vaginal vestibule?
, Answer: An almond-shaped area enclosed by the labia minora that
contains openings to the urethra, Skene glands, vagina and bartholin
glands.
◉ Where is the urethra usually located?
Answer: About 2.5cm below the clitoris.
◉ What are Skene glands?
Answer: Glands found on both sides of the urethra that produce
mucus to aid in lubrication of the vagina.
◉ What is the hymen?
Answer: A connective tissue membrane that surrounds the vaginal
opening.
◉ What is the perineum?
Answer: a skin-covered muscular area between the fourchette and
the anus.
◉ What is the perineal body?
Answer: A wedge-shaped muscle that serves as an anchor for the
muscles, fascia and ligaments of the pelvis.
