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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a thick-walled, fibromuscular tube that forms the inferior-most region of the female reproductive tract?
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Vagina
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What part of the female reproductive system is synonymous with the birth canal?
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vagina
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What is the vagina an open pathway to?
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the peritoneal cavity
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What is pelvic inflammatory disease?
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because the vagina is an open pathway into the peritoneal cavity, it makes it relatively easy for pathogenic microbes to gain entrance to the female peritoneal cavity. e.g. waterskiiing
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Explain why waterskiing might be dangerous?
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vagina an open pathway to peritoneal cavity...could lead to PID
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How many tunics does the vagina wall consist of. Name them>
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3 inner mucosa, muscularis, adventitia
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Which structure of the vagina consist of stratified squamous epithelium which produces and acidic secretion that helps prevent the growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi?
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mucosa of the vagina
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What is in the inferior region of the vaginal mucosa that provide friction ridges for stimulating the male penis during coitus and to permit stretching of the vagina?
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vaginal rugae
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Where is the vaginal orifice?
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near the external opening
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What is the hymen of the vagina?
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where the vaginal rugae of the mucosa may project into the lumen to form a vascularized, membranous barrier. (maidenhead)
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If the hymen of the vagina imperforates, what could it lead to?
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retention of shed endometrial lining and menstural blood HEMATOCOLPOS
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The muscularis of the vagina has 2 layers, what are they/
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longitudinal smooth muscle and an inner layer of circular smooth muscle
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What is the outer layer of the vagina?
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adventitia
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What is the middle layer of the vagina called?
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muscularis
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What tunic wall of the vagina contains some inner elastic fibers and an outer layer of loose connective tissue?
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adventitia
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