Anatomy: Male Reproductive System

Question 1

what is the male reproductive organ?

Answer 1

testes

Question 2

What are the male accessory reproductive organs?

Answer 2

vas deferans

seminal glands

prostate glands

penis

Question 3

what is the most anterior organ in a male pelvis?

Answer 3

bladder

Question 4

where does the prostate gland lie?

Answer 4

inferiorly to the bladder

Question 5

What forms in between the bladder and rectum?

Answer 5

rectovesical pouch

Question 6

what are the orificaces of the ballder?

Answer 6

2 uterteric orifices

internal urethral orifice

Question 7

what muscle mainly makes up the bladder?

Answer 7

detrusor muscle

Question 8

what forms around the neck of the male bladder?

Answer 8

detrusor muscle forms internal urethral sphincter muscle

Question 9

What is the purpose of the internal urethral sphincter muscle?

Answer 9

contracts during ejaculation to prevent retrograde ejactulation

Question 10

By birth where should the testes be?

Answer 10

descended into the scrotum

Question 11

where should the testes descend through?

Answer 11

through the anterior abdominal wall through the inguinal canal

Question 12

what blood supply runs through the spermatic cord?

Answer 12

testicular artery

testicular vein

Question 13

where do the testes sit inside the scrotum?

Answer 13

sac called tunica vaginalis

Question 14

When excess fluid is collected in the tunica vaginalis, what is it referred to as?

Answer 14

hydrocele

Question 15

where is sperm produced?

Answer 15

sperminferous tubules

Question 16

what muscle helps to control the temperature of the seminferous tubules?

Answer 16

dartos muscle

Question 17

Where do testicular arteries orginate from?

Answer 17

lateral aspect of the abdominal aorts

Question 18

Where does the left testicular vein orginate from?

Answer 18

left renal vein

Question 19

Where does the right testicular vein orginate from?

Answer 19

inferior vena cava

Question 20

what is the function of the prostatic urethra?

Answer 20

drains urine from bladder

passes semen in ejaculation

Question 21

what is the function of the bulburethral (Cowper’s) gland?

Answer 21

muscus secretion

lubricates urethra and neutralises acidity

Question 22

How does the right seminal gland differ from the left?

Answer 22

right produces seminal fluid - rich in fructose

Question 23

what surrounds the prostatic urethra?

Answer 23

prostate gland

Question 24

what does the ejactulatory duct conist of?

Answer 24

duct of vas deferens

duct of seminal glands

Question 25

where do most cancers originate from in the prostate gland?

Answer 25

peripheral zone

Question 26

describe the route of the sperm?

Answer 26

sperm from testes via vas deferens