FEMALE GENITOURINARY SOAP NOTE
COMPLETE SOLUTION
◉ what are Skene's glands.
Answer: also called paraurethral glands; these secrete fluid to
lubricate the urethral opening
◉ what glands secrete fluid to lubricate the urethral opening.
Answer: Skene's glands (paraurethral glands)
◉ what are Bartholin's glands?.
Answer: these secrete mucous to lubricate the vagina
◉ what glands secrete mucous to lubricate the vagina?.
Answer: Bartholin's glands
◉ are the Bartholin's glands palpable?.
Answer: usually not, unless inflamed or infected
◉ where are Bartholin's glands located.
Answer: posterior to vaginal opening at 4 and 8 o'clock
,◉ the female internal genitalia anatomy consists of.
Answer: vagina, cervix, uterus, ovary, adnexa
◉ the elastic, muscular tube between the rectum posteriorly and the
bladder/urethra anteriorly is the.
Answer: vagina
◉ what is anterior to the vagina?.
Answer: bladder and urethra
◉ what is posterior to the vagina.
Answer: rectum
◉ how do we describe the walls of the vagina.
Answer: rugae (ridges); and smooth, pink, moist
◉ what sits at the end of the vaginal canal.
Answer: cervix
◉ 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
COMPLETE SOLUTION
◉ what are Skene's glands.
Answer: also called paraurethral glands; these secrete fluid to
lubricate the urethral opening
◉ what glands secrete fluid to lubricate the urethral opening.
Answer: Skene's glands (paraurethral glands)
◉ what are Bartholin's glands?.
Answer: these secrete mucous to lubricate the vagina
◉ what glands secrete mucous to lubricate the vagina?.
Answer: Bartholin's glands
◉ are the Bartholin's glands palpable?.
Answer: usually not, unless inflamed or infected
◉ where are Bartholin's glands located.
Answer: posterior to vaginal opening at 4 and 8 o'clock
,◉ the female internal genitalia anatomy consists of.
Answer: vagina, cervix, uterus, ovary, adnexa
◉ the elastic, muscular tube between the rectum posteriorly and the
bladder/urethra anteriorly is the.
Answer: vagina
◉ what is anterior to the vagina?.
Answer: bladder and urethra
◉ what is posterior to the vagina.
Answer: rectum
◉ how do we describe the walls of the vagina.
Answer: rugae (ridges); and smooth, pink, moist
◉ what sits at the end of the vaginal canal.
Answer: cervix
◉ 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
