1.1.3 External Genitalia Flashcards
What are the important parts of the female external genitalia?
What are the covered parts?
What is the pampiniform plexus?
Plexus of veins that wrap around the tortious testicular artery
Describe the innervation of the Vulva
What are the covered parts?
Grade 4 varicocele looks like?
A bag of worms
Describe the characteristics of male sexual function in regards to erection and emission
What is cut in a vasectomy?
Vas deferens
What are the covered parts?
What is a vulva?
Female external genitalia
What is the scrotum?
Musculocutaneous sac containing the testicles and epididymises
Describe the innervation of the penis
Afferent (GSA) - carried in paired doral nerve of the penis a branch of the pudendal nerve (S2, 3, 4)
Parasympathetic fibers (GVE) - Travel within the pelvic splanchnic nerves (S2, 3, 4) to deep arteries of the penis (increase blood flow to erectile tissues)
Sympathetic fibers (GVE) - L1 and L2 decrease blood flow to erectile tissue
Motor - GSE - inncervates the bulbospongiosus and ischiocavernosus muscles
What do the testis produce?
Sperm and androgens
What is the Vas?
Connects the epididymis to urethra
What are the covered parts?
How do the layers of the abdominal wall compare to the layers of the scrotum?
What are the functions of the epididymis?
Store and mature sperm
Also sperm disposal, absorption of fluid and secretion of components that modify sperm
What are the characteristics of Testicular Torsion?
Pudendal nerve arises from?
S2, 3, and 4