CHAPTER 2: Maternal Anatomy

Maternal Anatomy

Which artery is frequently encountered when a Pfannenstiel skin incision is performed during a cesarean delivery?

a. Hypogastric artery

b. Inferior epigastric artery

c. Superficial epigastric artery

d. Superficial circumflex iliac artery

c Blood Supply

Which artery should be found and ligated prior to the performance of a Maylard incision?

a. Hypogastric artery

b. Inferior epigastric artery

c. Superficial epigastric artery

d. Superficial circumflex iliac artery

b Blood Supply

Chronic pain may develop in the area of a Pfannenstiel skin incision if which of the following nerves are severed or entrapped?

a. Femoral nerve

b. Subcostal nerve

c. Intercostal nerve

d. Iliohypogastric nerve

d Innervation

The labia minora is invested by which of the following structures?

a. Hair follicles

b. Eccrine glands

c. Apocrine glands

d. Sebaceous glands

d Mons Pubis, Labia, and Clitoris

Which of the following does not perforate the vestibule?

a. Urethra

b. Skene glands

c. Bartholin glands

d. All perforate the vestibule

d Vestibule

The posterior vaginal wall’s vascular supply primarily comes from which artery?

a. Uterine artery

b. Hypogastric artery

c. Middle rectal artery

d. Internal pudendal artery

c Vagina and Hymen

Which of the following is ...