Class 1 - Station 4

Question 1

male internal preproductive organs

Answer 1

testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal glands, prostate and bulbourethral glands

Question 2

how do the ureters relate to the vas deferens anatomically

Answer 2

ureters pass under the vas deferens

Question 3

purpose of testes being outside the body

Answer 3

temperature regulation

Question 4

which opening of the inguinal canal is most superior

Answer 4

deep inguinal ring

Question 5

layers of muscle and fascia from outside to in that surround the testes

Answer 5

skin, subcutaneous tissue, external spermatic fascia, cremaster muscle, internal spermatic fascia

Question 6

contents of spermatic cord

Answer 6

vas deferens, genital branch of genito-femoral nerve and blood vessels (testicular artery and pampiniform plexus

Question 7

action of cremaster muscle

Answer 7

raise and lower the scrotum

Question 8

tough outer fibrous layer of testis

Answer 8

tunica abuginea

Question 9

peritoneal sac surrounding the testis

Answer 9

tunica vaginalis

Question 10

two layers of tunica vaginalis

Answer 10

parietal and visceral

Question 11

what is hydrocele

Answer 11

fluid in the tunica vaginalis

Question 12

blood supply of testes

Answer 12

testicular arteries

Question 13

origin of testicular arteries

Answer 13

come off the abdominal aorta at L2

Question 14

what two structures do the testicular arteries cross before entering the inguinal canal

Answer 14

ureters and externa iliac artery

Question 15

venous drainage of hte testes

Answer 15

pampiniform plexus

Question 16

function of pampiniform plexus

Answer 16

to thermoregulate the testes

Question 17

right testicular vein drains into the ______

Answer 17

IVC

Question 18

left testicular vein drains into the _______

Answer 18

left rena vein

Question 19

what is varicocele

Answer 19

when the pampiniform plexus becomes varicose (bag of worms)

Question 20

lympatic drainage of the testes

Answer 20

lumbar and para-aortic nodes

Question 21

lymphatic drainage of scrotum

Answer 21

superficial inguinal lymph nodes –> external iliac lymph nodes

Question 22

when the vas deferens joins the seminal gland it becomes the _________

Answer 22

ejaculatory duct

Question 23

how much of semen comes from seminal vesicles

Answer 23

65-75% of this alkaline fluid

Question 24

how much of semen comes from the prostate gland

Answer 24

15-30% of prostatic fluid

Question 25

how much of semen comes from the bulbourethral glands

Answer 25

<1% of semen

Question 26

what is the function of bulbourethral gland secretion

Answer 26

to lubricate the urethra

Question 27

lymphatic drainage of male organs

Answer 27

prostate –> internal iliac and sacral
seminal vesicle –> sup to external and inf to internal
scrotum –> superficial inguinal
penis –> skin to superficial, glans and distal spongy to deep inguinal and external, carvenous and proximal spongy to internal