8. introduction to reproductive system

Question 1

What is the name of the gland found in females that is homologous to the prostate found in males?

Answer 1

Paraurethral glands.

Question 2

What is the main arterial supply of the reproductive system?

Answer 2

Internal iliac arteries.

Question 3

What are names of the arteries (male and female) that form the anterior division of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 3

Females = uterine artery.
Males = inferior vesical artery.

Question 4

What is the name of the structure in an embryo, that gives rise to the male reproductive organs?

Answer 4

Mesonephric ducts or Wolffian ducts.

Question 5

What is the name of the structure in an embryo, that gives rise to the female reproductive organs?

Answer 5

Paramesonephric ducts or Mullerian ducts.

Question 6

Describe the embryological process that forms the uterus.

Answer 6

Fusion of the two paramesonephric ducts with a lumen in the middle. Also forms the upper part of the vagina.
The superior unfused portions form the uterine tubes.

Question 7

Which structures does the urogenital sinus give rise to?

Answer 7

• Urinary bladder.
• External genitalia.
• Prostate (male).
• Urethra (male).
• Urethra and paraurethral glands (female).
• Vagina (female).

Question 8

To which lymph nodes would an infection in the testes spread to?

Answer 8

Para-aortic (lumbar) lymph nodes.

Question 9

To which lymph nodes would an infection in the scrotum spread to?

Answer 9

Superficial iliac.