In this post, Marie further applied her interest in the course objective titled “Know the Structure and Function of Reproductive Organs” to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the condition referred to as unicornuate uteri. Marie followed up her research by illustrating her improved understanding by drawing and painting that depicts some common and prominent anatomical differences between a normal and unicornuate uterus.
The uterus is characterized as a pear-shaped, hollow, and thick-walled muscular organ of the female reproductive system that functions to receive, maintain, and nourish fertilized eggs, called ovum. Normally, this system is comprised of a uterus with two fallopian tubes connected to their own uterine horn and extending to a separate ovary. Rarely, a congenital condition causes underdevelopment in the uterus along with attachment to only one horn, tube, and ovary. According to research conducted by Fedele et al. (1987), I learned a unicornuate uterus occurs in four ways; with cavitary communicating rudimentary horn, cavitary noncommunicating rudimentary horn, non-cavitary rudimentary horn, and without rudimentary horn. Rudimentary refers to non-development, while a rudimentary horn often results in pelvic pain.
Although pregnancy is still possible with this condition, it carries an increased risk for many complications. Studies conducted by the First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Milan in Italy, and at the Tampere University Hospital and Medical School in Tampere, Finland provided data showing increased risk of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, stillbirth, and cesarean birth associated with unicornuate uteri.
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In this post, Marie further applied her interest in the course objective titled “Know the Structure and Function of Reproductive Organs” to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the condition referred to as unicornuate uteri. Marie followed up her research by illustrating her improved understanding by drawing and painting that depicts some common and prominent anatomical differences between a normal and unicornuate uterus.
The uterus is characterized as a pear-shaped, hollow, and thick-walled muscular organ of the female reproductive system that functions to receive, maintain, and nourish fertilized eggs, called ovum. Normally, this system is comprised of a uterus with two fallopian tubes connected to their own uterine horn and extending to a separate ovary. Rarely, a congenital condition causes underdevelopment in the uterus along with attachment to only one horn, tube, and ovary. According to research conducted by Fedele et al. (1987), I learned a unicornuate uterus occurs in four ways; with cavitary communicating rudimentary horn, cavitary noncommunicating rudimentary horn, non-cavitary rudimentary horn, and without rudimentary horn. Rudimentary refers to non-development, while a rudimentary horn often results in pelvic pain.
Although pregnancy is still possible with this condition, it carries an increased risk for many complications. Studies conducted by the First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Milan in Italy, and at the Tampere University Hospital and Medical School in Tampere, Finland provided data showing increased risk of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, preterm birth, stillbirth, and cesarean birth associated with unicornuate uteri.