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1
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What is endometriosis?

A

Presence of ectopic endometrial tissue

2
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What are uterine fibroids?

A

Benign tumours of the endometrium, which are oestrogen dependant (therefore shrink during menopause)

3
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What is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract?

A

Endometrial carcinoma

4
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Where is the most common location of endometrial carcinoma?

A

Squamo-columnar junction in cervix

5
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What is a Nabothian cyst, and how do they form?

A

Mucous-filled cyst in cervix

- Formed when squamous epithelium of exocervix grows over columnar epithelium of endocervix

6
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What is the vulval vestibule? What does it contain?

A

Space between the labia minora. Contains:

  • External urethral orifice
  • Vaginal orifice
  • Bartholin’s glands
  • Clitoris
7
Q

How many fornices are there in a vagina?

A

4: Anterior, posterior and 2 x lateral

8
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What is the arterial supply to the external female genitalia?

A

Pudendal arteries (from internal iliac)

9
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What is the arterial supply to the vagina?

A

Uterine arteries

Vaginal arteries

10
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What is the venous drainage of the external female genitalia?

A

Pudendal veins

11
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What is the venous drainage of the vagina?

A

Uterine veins into:

  • Vaginal venous plexuses into:
  • Internal iliac veins
12
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To which nodes does the lymphatics of the external female genitalia drain to?

A

Superficial inguinal nodes

13
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To which nodes does the lymphatics of the vagina drain to?

A
  • Superficial inguinal nodes

- Iliac nodes

14
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What is the innervation of the inferior 1/5th of the vagina?

A

Pudendal nerve S2-4

15
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What is the innervation of the uterus and superior 4/5ths of the vagina?

A

Uterovaginal plexus, from inferior hypogastric plexus

16
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What is the innervation of the anterior portion of the vulva?

A
  • Ilioinguinal nerve L1

- Genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve L1/2

17
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What is the innervation of the posterior portion of the vulva?

A
  • Pudendal nerve S2-4

- Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh S1-3

18
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What is Bartholinitis?

A

Infection + Inflammation of Bartholin’s glands