FEMALE GENITOURINARY SOAP NOTE
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE
◉ the lower portion of the uterus is called the.
Answer: cervix
◉ what is the cervix composed of.
Answer: fibrous tissue and smooth muscle
◉ the slit-like opening of the cervix is called the.
Answer: Os
◉ what is the Os?.
Answer: the slit-like opening of the cervix
◉ what does the cervix do during childbirth.
Answer: dilates to about 10cm
◉ contrast a nulliparous cervix and multiparous cervix.
Answer: nulliparous: no births
multiparous: multiple births
,the os of the nulliparous cervix is more smooth/round,
◉ the vaginal lining is made of what kind of epithelium.
Answer: squamous epithelium
◉ what kind of epithelium lines the ectocervix, Os, and endocervical
canal.
Answer: columnar epithelium
◉ what is the boundary between the columnar and squamous
epithelium called.
Answer: squamocolumnar junction
◉ what is the transformation zone.
Answer: the area where columnar epithelium transforms to
squamous epithelium
most cervical cancers develop here
◉ where do most cervical cancers develop.
Answer: the transformation zone (area where columnar epithelium
transforms to squamous epithelium)
, ◉ where do we collect cells from during the Papanicolaou (pap)
smear?.
Answer: the transformation zone (area where columnar epithelium
transforms to squamous epithelium)
◉ the fibromuscular pear shaped organ of the female reproductive
system is called the.
Answer: uterus
◉ give the name for the 3 sections of the uterus:
-lower portion is called _____
-body is called ______
-upper portion is called______.
Answer: lower portion = isthmus
body = corpus
upper portion = fundus
◉ what are the 3 layers of the uterus.
Answer: -parametrium (thin outer layer of epithelial cells)
-myometrium (smooth muscle layer)
-endometrium (inner lining)
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE
◉ the lower portion of the uterus is called the.
Answer: cervix
◉ what is the cervix composed of.
Answer: fibrous tissue and smooth muscle
◉ the slit-like opening of the cervix is called the.
Answer: Os
◉ what is the Os?.
Answer: the slit-like opening of the cervix
◉ what does the cervix do during childbirth.
Answer: dilates to about 10cm
◉ contrast a nulliparous cervix and multiparous cervix.
Answer: nulliparous: no births
multiparous: multiple births
,the os of the nulliparous cervix is more smooth/round,
◉ the vaginal lining is made of what kind of epithelium.
Answer: squamous epithelium
◉ what kind of epithelium lines the ectocervix, Os, and endocervical
canal.
Answer: columnar epithelium
◉ what is the boundary between the columnar and squamous
epithelium called.
Answer: squamocolumnar junction
◉ what is the transformation zone.
Answer: the area where columnar epithelium transforms to
squamous epithelium
most cervical cancers develop here
◉ where do most cervical cancers develop.
Answer: the transformation zone (area where columnar epithelium
transforms to squamous epithelium)
, ◉ where do we collect cells from during the Papanicolaou (pap)
smear?.
Answer: the transformation zone (area where columnar epithelium
transforms to squamous epithelium)
◉ the fibromuscular pear shaped organ of the female reproductive
system is called the.
Answer: uterus
◉ give the name for the 3 sections of the uterus:
-lower portion is called _____
-body is called ______
-upper portion is called______.
Answer: lower portion = isthmus
body = corpus
upper portion = fundus
◉ what are the 3 layers of the uterus.
Answer: -parametrium (thin outer layer of epithelial cells)
-myometrium (smooth muscle layer)
-endometrium (inner lining)
