21. Male Pelvic Contents: Superior View

Question 1

Identify 1

Answer 1

1. Ductus (vas) deferens (in peritoneal fold)

Question 2

Identify 2

Answer 2

2. Deep inguinal ring

Question 3

Identify 3

Answer 3

3. Testicular vessels (in peritoneal fold)

Question 4

Identify 4

Answer 4

4. Descending colon

Question 5

Identify 5

Answer 5

5. Ureter

Question 6

Identify 6

Answer 6

6. Cecum

Question 7

Identify 7

Answer 7

7. Rectovesical pouch

Question 8

Identify 8

Answer 8

8. Urinary bladder

Question 9

Identify 9

Answer 9

9. Rectum

Question 10

The male peritoneum passes from the anterior abdominal wall over the superior surface of (1)____ and inferiorly on the posterior surface of the (2)___

Answer 10

1. the urinary bladder
2. bladder

Question 11

The male peritoneum passes from the anterior abdominal wall over the superior surface of the urinary bladder and inferiorly on the posterior surface of the bladder.

→ It also passes over the superior ends of (1)____, and it posteriorly lines the (2)____, the space between the rectum and urinary bladder

Answer 11

1. the seminal vesicles
2. rectovesical pouch

Question 12

What is the rectovesical pouch?

Answer 12

the space between the rectum and urinary bladde

Question 13

Note the retroperitoneal course of the ureters as they pass to the urinary bladder.

→ They course beneath the testicular vessels but over the iliac vessels.

→ They then pass deep to the ductus deferens as they approach the ___

Answer 13

bladder

Question 14

The testicular vessels and lymphatics lie in a _____ (peritoneal relation) position and course to and from the deep inguinal ring.

Answer 14

retroperitoneal

Question 15

The testicular vessels and lymphatics lie in a retroperitoneal position and course to and from _____

Answer 15

the deep inguinal ring.

Question 16

The testicular vessels and lymphatics lie in a retroperitoneal position and course to and from the deep inguinal ring.

→ At the ring, notice the retroperitoneal pathway of the ductus deferens as it courses toward ____

Answer 16

the seminal vesicle.

Question 17

Note the retroperitoneal course of the ureters as they pass to the urinary bladder.

→ They course beneath (1)____ vessels but over (2)____ vessels.

→ They then pass deep to (3)___ as they approach the bladder

Answer 17

1. the testicular
2. the iliac
3. the ductus deferens