Uterus

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  • Created on: 23-01-19 21:16
Where is the uterus
Between the bladder and rectum
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Dimensions
8cm long and 6cm wide. Upside down pear
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Functions
Provides fetus with nourishment, grows and expands, prepares body for pregnancy, clears away products of conception
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Shape
Anteverted meaning it leans forward, anteflexed meaning it bends upon itself
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What are Braxton hicks
Practice contractions
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What is the name given when a blastocyst embeds
Decidua endometrium
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Uterus non pregnant
7.5cm long, 5cm wide, 2.5cm depth, 1.25cm thick walls, 60g
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Uterus at term
35cm long, 25cm wide, 20cm depth, 900-1000g
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Perimetrium
Double serous membrane which extends from the perotoneium that is drapped over the fundus to level the internal os, uterovesical/rectouterine pocch, broad ligament over uterine tubes
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Myometrium
Thick in the upper part, Fibres run in all directions and cross over to surround blood vessels and lymphatics that go to and from the endometrium, outer continuous uterine tubes and vagina, cervix muscle fibres embedded in collagen
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Endometrium
Lining of ciliated epithelim on a base of stoma and connective tissue, basal layer provides the foundation from regeneration, epithelial cells are columnar, branching racemose secrete mucus, thinner epithelium folded into arbor vitae help sperm
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Transverse cervical ligaments
side of cervix to side of pelvis
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Uterosacral ligaments
cervix to sacrum
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Pubocervical ligament
under bladder to pubic bone
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Broad ligament
side of uterus to side of pelvis
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Round ligament
maintain anteverted. Arise from the cornua infront of and below the inertion of each uterine tube and pass between the broad ligament, through the inguinal canal and inserted into labium majus
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Ovarian ligaments
Begin at the cornua behind the uterine tubes and pass down between the fold of the broad ligament to the ovaries
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