Maternal and Child Nursing Care 5th
edition - Chapter 3 - 16
What is the term for the female external genital organs? - CORRECT ANS Vulva
Define prepuce - CORRECT ANS The hood-like covering of the clitoris
Name the female external genital organs - CORRECT ANS Mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora,
clitoris, vestibular glands, vaginal vestibule, vaginal orifice and urethral opening
What is the mons pubis? - CORRECT ANS A fatty pad that lies over the anterior surface of the symphysis
pubis.
What are the labia majora? - CORRECT ANS 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? - CORRECT ANS Protect the inner vulvular structures.
What are the labia minora? - CORRECT ANS Two flat, reddish folds of tissue that are visible when the
labia majora are pulled back.
What is the frenulum? - CORRECT ANS The fold of tissue under the clitoris.
What is the fourchette? - CORRECT ANS A thin flat tissue where the labia minora meet underneath the
vagina at midline.
What is the clitoris? - CORRECT ANS A small structure composed of erectile tissue with numerous
sensory nerve endings.
,What is the vaginal vestibule? - CORRECT ANS 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? - CORRECT ANS About 2.5cm below the clitoris.
What are Skene glands? - CORRECT ANS Glands found on both sides of the urethra that produce mucus
to aid in lubrication of the vagina.
What is the hymen? - CORRECT ANS A connective tissue membrane that surrounds the vaginal opening.
What is the perineum? - CORRECT ANS a skin-covered muscular area between the fourchette and the
anus.
What is the perineal body? - CORRECT ANS A wedge-shaped muscle that serves as an anchor for the
muscles, fascia and ligaments of the pelvis.
Name the internal female genital structures. - CORRECT ANS Vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, and
ovaries.
What is the vagina? - CORRECT ANS A fibromuscular, collapsable, tubular structure that lies between the
bladder and rectum and extends from the vulva to the uterus.
What are rugae? - CORRECT ANS Transverse folds of mucosal lining within the vagina that allow the
vagina to expand during childbirth.
When does estrogen deprivation occur? - CORRECT ANS After childbirth, during lactation and at
menopause.
, What does estrogen deprivation cause? - CORRECT ANS Dryness and thinning of the vaginal wall and
smoothing of the rugae.
What is the normal vaginal PH? - CORRECT ANS 4-5.
Where can internal pelvic organs be palpated? - CORRECT ANS Through the fornices.
What is the uterus? - CORRECT ANS A muscular organ shaped like an upside-down pear that sits midline
in the pelvic cavity between the bladder and rectum and above the vagina.
What four ligaments support the uterus? - CORRECT ANS Cardinal, uterosacral, round and broad.
What two parts is the uterus divided into? - CORRECT ANS The corpus and the cervix.
What is the corpus? - CORRECT ANS The upper triangular portion of the uterus.
What is the fundus? - CORRECT ANS The dome-shaped top of the uterus and the the location where
fallopian tubes enter the uterus.
What is the isthmus? - CORRECT ANS The short, constricted, lower portion of the uterus that seperates
the corpus from the cervix.
What does the uterus do? - CORRECT ANS Serves for reception, implantation, nutrition of a fertilized
ovum and fetus, expulsion of the fetus during childbirth and cyclic menustration.
What are the three layers of the uterus? - CORRECT ANS Endometrium, myometrium and peritoneum.
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