NURS 450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scrotum, Sexual Dysfunction, Prostate
Document Summary
A brief guide to glands and reproductive anatomy. Uterus: located between the bladder and rectum: hollow, pear-shaped organ, about the size of a fist, main function is to nourish the developing fetus prior to birth. Vagina: passage connecting the external genitalia (vulva, labia, clitoris) to the uterus, surrounds the penis during heterosexual intercourse, exit passageway for menstruation and for the baby during vaginal birth. Female ejaculation (an aside, for the curious) - in 2002, emmanuele jannini of l"aquila. University in italy showed that there may be an explanation both for the phenomenon and for the frequent denials of its existence. Skene"s glands vary in size from one woman to another, to the point where they appear to be missing entirely in some women. If skene"s glands are the cause of female ejaculation and vaginal orgasms, this may explain the observed absence of these phenomena in many women.
