Class 1 - Station 5

Question 1

what shape is the lumen of the vas deferens

Answer 1

stellate - star

Question 2

wall of vas deferens is thick/thin muscle

Answer 2

thick

Question 3

what two layers of the vas deferens are in star life folds in the lumen

Answer 3

epithelium and lamina propriae

Question 4

true/false - seminal vesicles contain sperm

Answer 4

false

Question 5

special types of cells seen in testes

Answer 5

leydigs cell - sit between tubules and make testosterone

Question 6

what does a seminal vesicle look like on histology

Answer 6

“honey-comb” - all woogely lines and spaces inbetween of crypts and cavities

Question 7

what can be seen in the lumen of seminiferous tubules

Answer 7

spermatozoa

Question 8

what do testes look like on histology

Answer 8

big circles (tubules) with indistinct middles (filled with spermatozoa)

Question 9

what does a prostate look like on histology

Answer 9

quite uniform pinkness with alveoli. acinar cells line them

Question 10

what feature is seen in older men’s prostates

Answer 10

corpora amylacea