OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY MID TERM 2018 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND NOTES LATEST VERSION 2024 -2025 ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM 1. Female external genitalia (vulva, pudendum) Mons pubis: subcutaneous adipose connective tissue Labia majora: joins medially to form the posterior commissure in front of the anus. Outer skin is pigmented, with an adipose tissue richly supplied with venous plexus that can form a hematoma if injured (homologous to the male scrotum). The round ligament terminates at the upper border. Labia minora: no fat, hair follicles or sweat glands. Divide to enclose the clitoris and unite with each other in front and behind the clitoris to form the prepuce and frenulum respectively. Hymen Clitoris: homologous to the penis, attached to the surface of the pubic symphisis by a suspensory ligament Vestibule: triangular space bounded by the clitoris anteriorly, posteriourly by the fourchette and on either side by the labia minora. Consists of four openings; urethral, vaginal, bartholins gland and skenes gland. Urethra Skenes glands: homologous to the prostate Bartholins glands Vestibular bulbs 2. The blood supply of the external genitalia comes from the branches of the (a) internal pudendal artery (b) branches of