11/3: Pelvic Organs Flashcards
What are the common male and female organs?
Ureters, urinary bladder, and rectum
What are the male-specific organs?
Ductus deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, bulbourethral glands
What are the female specific organs?
Uterus, ovaries, uterine tubes, cervix, and vagina
What marks the transition from abdomen to pelvis?
Pelvic brim
What is the floor of the pelvic cavity?
Pelvic diaphragm
What lies inferior to the pelvic diaphragm?
Perineum
What is the fibromuscular cutaneous sac located between anus and penis?
Scrotum
What is the site of sperm and testosterone production?
Testis
What is the storage reservoir for sperm and site of sperm maturation?
Epididymis
What is the collection of muscle fibers, vessels, nerves, and ducts that run to and from the testes?
Spermatic cord
What functions in temperature control?
Cremaster muscle
What is the cremaster muscle innervated by?
Genitofemoral nerve
What produces the largest amount of semen by volume?
Seminal vesicles - 70%
What do seminal fluid contain?
Alkaline Fluid
Prostaglandins
Clotting factors
What do prostatic secretions include?
Proteolytic enzymes into semen which break down clotting factors in order to ejaculate (retinas fluid state)
What does the bulbourethral gland secrete?
Mucous that functions in lubrication
_________mL per ejaculation with________ spermatozoa per mL
3.5-3.5mL; 100mill
What do secretions come from?
Seminal vesicles (60-70%)
Prostate (20%)
Bulbourethral glands
Glands in urethral wall
Describe the effect that a vasectomy has on ejaculate
Minor effect
What is the widest part of ductus deferens, closest to seminal vesicles?
Ampulla
Where do the vas deferens and seminal vesicles meet in the prostate gland to open into prostatic urethra?
Ejaculatory duct