DR Session 2

Question 1

Describe the body of the uterus

Answer 1

Upper 2/3 of the uterus
Dome shaped
Includes the fundus

Question 2

What are the 2 openings of the cervix?

Answer 2

Internal os

External os

Question 3

What does the internal os of the cervix allow?

Answer 3

Communicates superiorly with uterine cavity

Question 4

What does the external os of the cervix allow?

Answer 4

Communicates inferiorly with the vagina

Question 5

What is the shape of the external os of the cervix?

Answer 5

Narrow and circular in women who haven’t given birth

Transverse slit after childbirth

Question 6

What are the layers of the wall of the uterus?

Answer 6

Perimetrium
Myometrium
Endometrium

Question 7

What forms the recto-uterine pouch?

Answer 7

Pouch of Douglas

2/3 down the rectum the peritoneum is reflected on posterior surface of uterus

Question 8

What forms the utero-vesical pouch

Answer 8

Peritoneum arcs between uterus and bladder

Question 9

What are the parts forming the broad ligament?

Answer 9

Mesovarium
Mesosalpinx
Mesometrium

Question 10

What is the mesovarium part of the broad ligament?

Answer 10

Posterosuperior portion surrounding the ovary

Question 11

What is the mesosalpinx part of the broad ligament?

Answer 11

Small antero-superior portion enclosing Fallopian tube

Question 12

Describe the ovarian ligament

Answer 12

Medial border of ovary to where Fallopian tube joins uterus

Question 13

Describe the suspensory ligament of the ovary

Answer 13

Lateral border of ovary to parietal peritoneum

Question 14

Describe the round ligament of the uterus

Answer 14

From fundus region of uterus

Travels across pelvic brim and enters deep inguinal ring where it crosses inguinal canal and exists pelvis

Question 15

What suspends the ovaries?

Answer 15

Ovarian and suspensory ligament

Question 16

What are the 2 endpoints of the vagina?

Answer 16

Cervix

Vestibule

Question 17

What are the anterior and posterior fornix?

Answer 17

Recess where vagina attaches to the cervix

Question 18

What are the parts that make up the vulva?

Answer 18

Mons pubis
Labia majora and minora
Glands of the clitoris
Prepuce
Urethral and vaginal openings

Question 19

What is the recto-vesical pouch

Answer 19

From middle part of rectum to posterior surface of bladder and seminal vesicles

Question 20

What is the pararectal fossa?

Answer 20

Peritoneum reflects laterally from sides of rectum to abdominal wall

Question 21

Describe the path of the vas deferens

Answer 21

From scrotum to enter the abdomen
Within abdomen the duct appears from deep inguinal ring and travels to posterior aspect of the bladder. Diameter then dilates at distal end (ampulla)

Question 22

What is the arterial supply to the vas deferens?

Answer 22

Vesicle and testicular arteries

Question 23

What forms the ejaculatory duct?

Answer 23

Seminal vesicles joining with ampulla

Question 24

Where is the prostate gland located?

Answer 24

Immediately inferior to the bladder

Question 25

What is the clinical relevance of the small median lobe between the ejaculatory duct and urethra

Answer 25

Commonly becomes enlarged in benign senile hypertrophy of prostate

Question 26

What does the spermatic cord do?

Answer 26

Contains supporting elements linking testes to intra-abdominal space

Question 27

What is the tunica vaginalis

Answer 27

Encloses each testis and epididymis

Question 28

Describe the tunica albuginea

Answer 28

Lies deeper than tunica vaginalis and covers outer surface of testis