NUR 148 Female Reproduction
- vagina
Answer fibromuscular, collapsible tube that is lined w rugae
- vagina extend from...
Answer vulva to uterus and lies btwn bladder and rectum
- fxns of vagina
Answer "birth canal", outflow tract for menses, and female organ of intercourse
- uterus
Answer made of smooth muscle, sits in middle of pelvic cavity
- parts of the uterus
Answer upper part (fundus), middle part (isthmus) - lower uterine segment, lower part (cervix)
- fxns of uterus
Answer cyclic (sicklick pronounce) menstruation, recieves, implants, retains, and feeds fertilized ovum/embryo/fetus, expulsion of fetus 1 / 2
- layers of uterine wall
Answer
- endometrium
Answer high vascular layer in which conceptus (sperm+egg=human be- ing) implants itself 6-7 days after fertilization
- layers of endometrium
Answer stratum basalis (next to myometrium, permanent so it never sheds), stratum spongiosum, stratum compactum are both functional layers, they shed w each menses
- myometrium
Answer muscular, middle layers, made of smooth muscles extending around the uterus in 3 diff.directions, elastic and contract to expel fetus, after fetus and placenta are delivered, there muscles contract to seal blood vessels in uterine wall that have been feeding the baby
- peritoneum/perimetrium
Answer outermost layer of uterus
- cervix
- / 2
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