Question | Answer |
VAGINA | MUSCULAR TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE UTERUS TO THE VULVA. 3 INCHES LONG, LINED WITH RUGAE. |
RUGAE | STRETCHABLE FOLDS THAT ALLOWS THE VAGINA TO EXPAND DURING CHILDBIRTH. |
FUNCTION OF THE VAGINA | BIRTH CANAL, PASSAGEWAY FOR MENSTRUAL FLOW, AND FEMALE ORGAN OF COITUS. |
UTERUS | SMALL PEAR SHAPED HOLLOW ORGAN, HOUSES FERTILIZED OVUM DURING PREGNANCY. HAS 3 LAYERS AND 3 PORTIONS. |
FUNDUS | FIRST PORTION OF UTERUS, DOME-SHAPED, AT THE TOP. |
BODY | SECOND PORTION OF UTERUS. WIDER, CENTRAL PORTION. |
CERVIX | THIRD PORTION OF UTERUS, NARROW NECK-LIKE PORTION AT THE BOTTOM. |
PERIMETRIUM | OUTERMOST LAYER OF UTERUS. |
MYOMETRIUM | MIDDLE MUSCULAR LAYER OF UTERUS. |
ENDOMETRIUM | INNER LAYER OF UTERUS; HIGHLY VASCULAR. BUILDS UP EVERY MONTH IN ANTICIPATION OF A FERTILIZED OVUM. SHEDS DURING CYCLE IF FERTILIZATION DOESN'T OCCUR. |
FALLOPIAN TUBES | PASSAGEWAY FOR OVUM FROM OVARY TO UTERUS. 2 TUBES, ONE ON EACH SIDE. ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG, AND LINED WITH CILIA. |
CILIA | HELP TO PROPEL THE OVUM FORWARD. |
FIMBRIAE | FINGER-LIKE PROJECTIONS AT THE OPEN END OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES THAT DRAW THE OVUM IN. |
HOW MANY DAYS DOES IT TAKE FOR THE OVUM TO REACH THE UTERUS AFTER IT HAS ENTERED THE FALLOPIAN TUBE? | 5 DAYS |
OVARIES | FEMALE GONADS; ALMOND SHAPED ORGANS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING MUTURE OVA AND RELEASING THEM MONTHLY (OVULATION). HELD IN PLACE BY LIGAMENTS NEAR THE FIMBRAE OF THE TUBES. |
WOMEN ARE BORN WITH HOW MANY OVA? | ENOUGH FOR A LIFE TIME, APPROXIMATELY 700000. |
HOW MANY OVA MATURE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE FERTILIZED DURING A WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE YEARS? | APPROXIMATELY 400. |
BREASTS | MAMMARY GLANDS. RESPONSIBLE FOR LACTATION. COMPOSED OF GLANDULAR TISSUE, ADIPOSE TISSUE, AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE. NOT PART OF REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. |
NIPPLE | LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE BREASTS, CONSISTING OF ERECTILE TISSUE THAT IS ACTIVATED WHEN STIMULATED. |
AREOLA | DARKER, PIGMENTED AREA OF THE BREAST THAT SURROUNDS THE NIPPLES. ROUGH APPEARANCE DUE TO PRESENCE OF MONTGOMERY'S TUBULES. |
MONTGOMERYS TUBULES | SEBACEOUS GLANDS THAT ARE ONLY ACTIVE DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION. PRODUCES WAXY LIKE SUBSTANCE TO KEEP NIPPLES SOFT AND PREVENT CRACKING AND DRYING DURING BREASTFEEDING. |
GLANDULAR TISSUE | RADIATES TOWARDS THE NIPPLE. THERE ARE 15-20 GLANDULAR LOBES RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING BREAST MILK. |
LACTIFEROUS GLANDS | BRING THE MILK FROM THE GLANDULAR TISSUE TOWARDS THE NIPPLE. |
MENSTRUAL CYCLE | OCCURS WITH PUBERTY. AVERAGE CYCLE IS 28 DAYS BUT CAN VARY. ALSO KNOWN AS MENSES. |
MENARCH | FIRST MENSES, HAPPENS USUALLY BETWEEN 11-15 YEARS OLD, BUT AS EARLY AS 9. |
MENSES | EVERY MONTH THE ENDOMETRIAL LINING PREPARES FOR A FERTILIZED OVUM. WHEN IT DOES NOT OCCUR, THE LINING IS SHED AND FLOWS FROM THE BODY. |
AT WHAT POINT IN THE CYCLE DOES OVULATION OCCUR? | MIDWAY, ABOUT 14 DAYS BEFORE LAST DAY OF LMP. |
MENOPAUSE | OCCURS AT ABOUT 52 YEARS OLD BUT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AFTER 40. AVERAGE WOMEN HAS A MENSTRUAL CYCLE ABOUT 35 YEARS UNTIL MENOPAUSE OCCURS. |
WHEN IS A WOMAN DIAGNOSED WITH MENOPAUSE? | WHEN A WOMAN DOES NOT GET HER MENSES FOR 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. OVULATION AND ESTROGEN PRODUCTION STOPS. |
AMENORRHEA | ABSCENCE OF FLOW |
DYSMENORRHEA | PAINFUL FLOW |
AUB | ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING. REFERS TO ABNORMAL FLOW (HEAVY), EXCESSIVE LENGTH OF DAYS BLEEDING, SPOTTING BETWEEN CYCLES, MENSES OCCURING SOONER THAN 21 DAYS. AKA; METRORRHAGIA OR MENORRHAGIA. |
CERVICITIS | ACUTE OR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX. CAUSES BY TRICHOMONAS, CANDID ALBICANS, HOMOPHILES, VAGINALIS, CHLAMYDIA. TREATMENT IS ABX. |
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CERVICITIS | S+S MAY INCLUDE THICK, FOUL SMELLING DISCHARGE, PELVIC PAIN, SCANT BLEEDING AFTER INTERCOURSE, ITCHING AND BURNING OF EXTERNAL GENETALIA. |
CYSTOCELE | HERNIATION OR DOWNWARD PROTRUSION OF THE URINARY BLADDER THROUGH THE WALL OF THE VAGINA. |
ENDOMETRIOSIS | PRESCENCE OF ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE OUTSIDE THE UTERUS. |
HOW IS ENDOMETRIOSIS DIAGNOSED? | IT IS DIAGNOSED THROUGH LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY. TREATMENT IS SYMPTOMATIC HYSTERECTOMY. |