Anatomy - Repro

Question 1

Where does the pelvic cavity lie?

Answer 1

Within the bony pelvis, between pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet

Question 2

What separates the pelvic cavity and perineum?

Answer 2

Pelvic floor

Question 3

What forms the pelvic roof?

Answer 3

Parietal peritoneum

Question 4

What does the parietal peritoneum form?

Answer 4

Pouches

In females the rectouterine pouch (pouch of Douglas) and vesicouterine pouch

In males the rectovesical pouch

Question 5

Accessory reproductive organ in women?

Answer 5

Uterine tubes, uterus, vagina

Question 6

Where does fertilisation happen

Answer 6

Ampulla

Question 7

Where does implantation happen

Answer 7

Uterus body

Question 8

Where are ova/eggs developed, released, gathered and moved?

Answer 8

Developed in ovaries, released into the peritoneal cavity, gathered by fimbriae and moved along the uterine tube by cilia

Question 9

Main reproductive organ in men?

Answer 9

Testes

Question 10

Accessory reproductive organ in men?

Answer 10

Vas deferens, seminal glands, prostate gland, penis

Question 11

Common pathway of urine and sperm ejaculation is..

Answer 11

Urethra

Question 12

What does sperm travel through

Answer 12

Vas deferens

Question 13

What becomes filled with blood during an erection

Answer 13

3 cylinders of erectile tissue

Question 14

Contents of spermatic cord

Answer 14

Vas deferens, testicular artery and pampiniform plexus of veins

Question 15

Where is sperm produced?

Answer 15

Seminiferous tubules

Question 16

Which muscle controls optimum temp for sperm production

Answer 16

Dartos muscle

Question 17

Describe the travel direction of sperm

Answer 17

Sperm pass to rete testis, to head of epididymis, to tail of
epididymis

Tail of epididymis then becomes the vas deferens

Question 18

How does vas deferens reach the pelvic cavity?

Answer 18

Each spermatic cord passes through the anterior abdominal wall within the inguinal canal to reach the pelvic cavity

Question 19

Which two structures is fused to form ejaculatory duct?

Answer 19

Each vas deferens connects with a seminal gland (produces seminal fluid) to form an ejaculatory duct that now contains semen (semen = sperm + seminal fluid)

Question 20

Right and left ejaculatory ducts join together within…. and drain into the….

Answer 20

Prostate gland

Urethra

Question 21

Where does the urethra open?

Answer 21

External urethral meatus of the penis