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1
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Where are the kidneys located?

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Retriperitoneal in the posterior abdominal wall

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What organs are retroperitoneal?

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DOCTORS AND DENTISTS ALWAYS PREFER KISSING A VOLUPTUOUS REDHEAD

  • Duodenum (except part 1)
  • Ascending colon
  • Descending colon
  • Adrenal glands
  • Pancreas
  • Kidneys
  • Aorta
  • Vena Cava (IVC)
  • Rectum
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3
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What plane are the kidneys located in?

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Transpyloric (superior right renal hilum and inferior left renal hilum….the left kidneys is a little higher than the right)

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What vertebral level are the kidneys at?

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T12-L2

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5
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What ribs are behind the kidneys?

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11 and 12

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6
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What do the ureters travel in front of?

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Trasnverse processes

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7
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What 3 nerves are posterior to the kidneys?

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  • Subcostal (below T12)
  • Iliohypogastric (By L1, above ilioinguinal)
  • Ilioinguinal (By L1)
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8
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What other big structure sits behind the kidneys on either side?

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Diaphragm

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9
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What part of the kidney is at risk if an ulcer in the descending duodenum perforates posterior?

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The hilum of the right kidney

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What 2 structures sit in front of the superior pole of the left kidney?

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Stomach and spleen

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11
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What structure sits in front of the superior pole of the right kidney?

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Liver

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12
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What is a psoas abscess associated with?

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TB or osteomyelitis in the spione (discitus)

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13
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What is the type of spread that would happen between the spine and psoas major?

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Contiguous

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14
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What can a psoas abscess do to the renal system?

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It can compress the ureters and cause hydronephrosis

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15
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What is the function of perirenal fat?

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It is good for absorption and helps to support the kidney

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16
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What is another name for renal fascia?>

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Gerota’s (anterior and posterior)

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17
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What connects the renal fascia to the capsule?

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Trabeculae

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18
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Do the kidneys have ligaments to keep them in place?

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NOPE…vasculature and fat help to do this (not much keeping the kidneys stable)

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What else does the renal fascia extend to cover?

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Aorta, IVC, and ureters

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20
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Is there usually a continuous connection of renal fascia across the midline?

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NOPE

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21
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If you have a perinephric abscess, what is the typical treatment?

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Antibiotics and percutaenous drainage

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22
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What keeps a perinephric abscess localized?

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The capsule as well as fat and fascia

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23
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What is the order of structures in the renal hilum from anterior to posterior?

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Vein, artery, pelvis

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24
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What structures are in the internal aspect of the kidney?

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Cortex, medulla, pyramid, renal columns, papillae, minor calyces, major calyces, renal pelvis, ureter, renal sinus

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25
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If you had to pick a kidney to transplant, which would it be?

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The left one because it has longer vasculature (vein)

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26
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Where is a new kidney transplanted?

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In the pelvis (so it is supposed and doesn’t fall)

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27
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Where do you attach a transplanted kidney in terms of vasculature?

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To one of the common iliac vessels

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28
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How many branches does the renal artery divide into?

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5 (these are essentially end arteries)

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29
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What are the 4 branches in the anterior division of the renal artery?

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  1. Apical
  2. Anterior superior
  3. Anterior inferior
  4. Inferior
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30
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What is the branch in the posterior division of the renal artery?

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Posterior

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31
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What are the lines that separate the vascular segments of the kidney?

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Line of Brodel (these segments correspond to the 5 branches from the renal artery)

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32
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How do the branches from each segmental artery divide down?

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They go into interlobar, then arcuate, then smaller arteries

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33
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Where do the renal veins drain into?

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The IVC

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34
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What vein drains into the left renal vein?

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The left testicular vein

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35
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What vessel supplies the ureters?

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They get branches as it goes down from other arteries (Renal, common iliac, inernat iliac, testicular, ect.)

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36
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Where do ureters pierce the bladder?

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At the posterolateral edge

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37
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What angle do the ureters run through the muscular wall of the bladder?

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Oblique

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38
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What happens to prevent backflow of urine?

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When the bladder expands, it punches off the opening of the ureter (to prevent vesicouretral reflux)

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39
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What is it called when you have a swollen kidney?

A

Hydrpnephrosis

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40
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What is it called when you have a swollen ureter?

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Hydroureter

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41
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What are some general symptoms of renal cell carcinoma?

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Hematuria, pain in loin, mass

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42
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What else can renal cell carcinoma commonly invade?

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The renal VEIN (potentially IVC and R atrium as well but this is rare)

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43
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What is a common presentation of carcinoma in the left renal vein?>

A

Varicocele (because the left testicular vein drains into the left renal vein)

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44
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What is the levels of sympathetic innervation to the kidney and upper ureter?

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T10-L1

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45
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What is the sympathetic innervation to the bladder and lower ureter?

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T11-L2

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46
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What is the parasympathetic innervation to the upper ureter?

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VAGUS

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47
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What is the parasympathetic innervation to the lower ureter?

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S2-S4 (pelvic splanchnics)

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48
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What is the parasympathetic innervation to the bladder?

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Pelvic splanchnics (S2-S4) (motor to the detrusor muscle)

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49
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Can ureteric nerves be removed with no loss of function?

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Yes

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50
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Where do kidney stones cause pain if they are in the upper ureter?

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T10-L1 area …AKA FLANK PAIN

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51
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What are the 4 sites of constriction along the ureter where stones are most likely to lodge?

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  1. Where the renal pelvis turns into the ureter (ureteropelvic junction)
  2. Where vessels cross over the ureter
  3. Where the ureter goes over the pelvic rim (pelvic inlet)
  4. As the ureter enters the bladeer
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52
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What happens is the left renal vein is obstructed or clamped in a male?

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Varicocele

53
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A vesicoureteral reflux can result in what?

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Hydroureter or hydronephrosis (urine is flowing retrograde back up the ureter into the bladder)

54
Q

What is SMA syndrome?

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When the superior mesenteric artery is more acutely angled and can apply pressure on the 3rd part of the duodenum and left renal vein

55
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What are symptoms of SMA syndrome?

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Bilioous vomiting, pain after eating, varicocele

56
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What is another name for SMA syndrome?

A

Nutcracker syndrome

57
Q

When doing a digital rectal examination what are you palpating?

A

The posterior love

58
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What are the 5 lobes of the prostate?

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Posterior anterior middle right lateral left lateral

59
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What does the median lobe of the prostate sit above?

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The posterior lobe and the ejaculatory duct

60
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What happens to the prostate as a man ages?

A

It may undergo benign hypertrophy (benign prostatic hypertrophy)

61
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What BPH result in?

A

A blockage of urine flow by putting pressure on the prosthetic urethra

62
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What procedure can be done for prostate cancer ot BPH that is causing blockage of urine flow?

A

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

63
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What is a concern with a transrectal biopsy?

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Contamination because the biopsy goes through the rectal wall into the posterior lobe (give prophylactic antibiotics)

64
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What is the blood supply to the prostate?

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  1. Inferior vesical
  2. Internal pudendal
  3. Middle rectal
65
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What is the venous drainage of the prostate?

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Prostatic venous plexus which communicates with the vesicular plexus and internal vertebral plexus

66
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What is the PS innervation to the prostate?

A

Pelvic splanchnic nerves

67
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What is the S innervation to the prostate?

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L1-L2, inferior hypogastric plexus

68
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What is the blood supply to the urinary bladder?

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  1. Super vesical artery
  2. Inferior vesical artery (male)
  3. Vaginal artery (female)
  4. Minor artery from obturator/inferior gluteal
69
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What is the venous drainage of the urinary bladder?

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Accompanying veins, vesical venous plexus, prostatic venous plexus

70
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What are the 4 parts of the male urethra?

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  1. Preprostatic
  2. Prostatic
  3. Membranous
  4. Spongy/penile
71
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Where is the preprostatic urethra located?

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Before it leaves the bladder… the bladder neck

72
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What part of the urethra does the ejaculatory and prostatic ducts empty into?

A

Prostatic

73
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Describe the prostatic part of the urethra?

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It is the widest and most dilatable, closer to the anterior aspect of the prostate

74
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What surrounds the membranous urethra?

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Sphincter urethra

75
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What does the spongy/penile urethra receive?

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The bulbourethral glands (it’s located in the corpus spongiosum)

76
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What is the blood supply to the male urethra?

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  1. Inferior vesical
  2. Middle rectal
  3. Internal pudendal
77
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What is the urethral crest?

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Part of the posterior wall of the prostatic urethra that extends down from the trigone

78
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What is the sminal colliculus and what does it present?

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It is a large bump in the middle of the posterior wall of the prostatic urethra

  • Prostatic utricle
  • Openings of the ejaculatory duct (just below urtricle, one on each side)
79
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What is the prostatic uricle?

A

Embryological remnant of vagina

80
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What is the prostatic sinus?

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It’s on either side of the colliculus and has the openings of the prostatic ducts

81
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Why do females get cystitis more often than males?

A

They have a shorter urethra

82
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What is the path of the female urethra?

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It runs from the bladder (internal urethral orifice) anterior to the wall of the vagina and opens anterior to the vagina and posterior to the clitoris

83
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What does the female urethra receive?

A

The openings of the urethral glands

84
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Where do the paraurethral ducts open?

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At the margin of the external urethral orifice

85
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If the urethra is ruptured above the UGD where does urine leak?

A

Into the pelvic cavity, below the peritoneum

86
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If the urethra is ruptured, but Buck’s fascia remains intact, where is urine restricted to?

A

The penis shaft

87
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If the urthera is ruptured and Buck’s fascia is also torn, where is urine found?

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In the superficial perineal space (urine can spread under Colles’ fascia into the scrotum, underneath the superficial fascia of the penis (but superficial to Buck’s fascia) and underneath scarpas fascia in the abdomen

88
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What is the other place a urethra can be ruptured?

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The membranous urethra (deep perineal space)

89
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What is the PS effect on micturition?

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S2-S4 is excitatory to the detrusor muscle and inhibitory to the internal sphincter (PS innervation required for normal micturition)

90
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What is the S effect on micturition?

A

T11-L2 is inhibitor to the detrusor and excitatory to the internal sphincter

91
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What controls the external sphincter?

A

Pudendal nerve (under voluntary control)

92
Q

Are pain fibers involved with micturition S or PS?

A

BOTH

93
Q

Where do ureter (pelvic portion lymphatics drain)

A

Iliac nodes

94
Q

Where do bladder lymphatics drain?

A

External iliac nodes (also internal iliac nodes)

95
Q

Where do urethra lymphatics drain (female, prostatic/membranous)?

A

Internal iliac nodes

96
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Where do urethra lymphatics drain (spongy/penile)?

A

Inguinal nodes

97
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Where do prostate lymphatics drain?

A

Internal iliac/sacral nodes

98
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Where do kidney, abdominal part of the ureter, and suprearenal gland lymphatics drain?

A

Lumbar nodes (lateral aortic)

99
Q

What is the urinary bladder?

A

Muscular sac for urine storage (it’s pyramid shape)

100
Q

If the bladder is full, where can it be palpated?

A

3-4inches above the pubic symphysis

101
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When the bladder is empty where can it be palpated?

A

Over the pubic symphysis (suprapubic lithotomy)

102
Q

What situations is the bladder prone to rupture?

A

Abdominal trauma and anterior pelvic fracture

103
Q

What is cystitis?

A

A bladder infection (females are more prone because of short urethra)

104
Q

What is the retropubic space?

A

Behind the pubis and anterior to the bladder

105
Q

The empty bladder has what shape and what surfaces?

A 
Tetrahedron shape:
Surfaces:
1. Fundus
2. Neck
3. Apex
4. Superior surface
5. 2 Inferolateral surfaces
106
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What is the bladder neck stabilized by?

A

Ligaments and thickenings of endopelvic fasica
Men: Puboprostatic
Female: Pubovesical

107
Q

What the bladder posteriorly stabilized by?

A

Rectovesical ligaments

108
Q

What attaches the bladder to the umbillicus?

A

The median umbilical ligament

109
Q

What are the folds of peritoneum that serve to steady the bladder?

A

False ligaments

110
Q

Describe the internal structure of the bladder?

A

The internal muscous layer is loosely attached to the muscular layer and can fold when contracted

111
Q

Is the muscous layer foldable over the trigone?

A

NOPE… over the trigone the mucous layer is tightly bound and always smooth

112
Q

What is the muscle of the bladder called?

A

Detrusor

113
Q

What contracts the detrusor muscle?

A

PS stimulation by pelvic splanchnics (the detrusor expands as the bladder fills)

114
Q

What is the sympathetic innervation to the bladder?

A

T11-T12 (L1-L2)

115
Q

How many bends are in the male urethra?

A

2

116
Q

Lymph drainage in anal canal above pectinate line?

A

Internal iliac nodes

117
Q

Lymph drainage in anal canal below pectinate line?

A

Superficial inguinal nodes

118
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Superior ureter lymph drainage?

A

Lumbar nodes

119
Q

Middle ureter lymph drainage?

A

Common iliac

120
Q

Lower ureter lymph drainage?

A

External and internal iliac

121
Q

Bladder lymph drainage?

A

External iliac

122
Q

Prostate lymph drainage?

A

Internal iliac, external iliac, sacral

123
Q

Overy and testes lymph drainage

A

Lumbar

124
Q

Body, fundus and tube of uterus lymph drainage?

A

Lumbar, internal iliac, external iliac, and superficial inguinal nodes

125
Q

Cervix lymph drainage?

A

Eternal, internal, common iliac nodes

126
Q

Upper vagina lymph drainage?

A

External and itnernal iliac nodes

127
Q

Middle vagina lymph drainage?

A

Internal iliac

128
Q

Lower vaginal lymph drainage?

A

Superficial inguinal nodes

129
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External genitailia lymph drainage?

A

Superficial inguinal nodes (deep structures like erectile tissues drains to iliac nodes)

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