Anatomy: Andrology

Question 1

What do they cut in a vascetomy?

Answer 1

The Ductus Deferns, through an incision made in the superior scrotum

Question 2

What can happen in a male as they age?

Answer 2

Their prostate gland enlarges, which can impinge on the urethra and block urination.

This + prostate cancer can be checked with a digital rectal exam.

Question 3

Describe the uterus throught a females life:

Answer 3

After child birth the female infant Uterus has adult proportions (2/3 Body to 1/3 Cervix) due to maternal hormonal influence. Postpartum the Uterus reduces to a ½ Body/ ½ Cervix ratio. During Puberty the body of the Uterus returns again to the 2/3 size until Menopause, where it again returns to a ½ to ½ ratio

Question 4

What does the pap smear detect?

Answer 4

cervical cancer (premalignant cells)

This used to be the leading cause of death in women before the invention of the pap smear.

Question 5

What is a hysterectomy?

Answer 5

Excision of the uterus through the anterior abdominal wall or vagina

Question 6

How do they tie your tubes?

Answer 6

Either abdominally or laproscopically through the umbilicus –> so the oocytes never reach the uterine cavity

Question 7

What two structures come from the gubernaculum?

Answer 7

Round L. of the uterus

Ligament of the ovary