Formative

Question 1

The superior adrenal artery branches directly from which vessel?

Answer 1

Inferior phrenic artery

Question 2

Which of the following substances is produced by the adrenal medulla?

Answer 2

Adrenaline

Question 3

Where is erythropoietin produced

Answer 3

Kidney

Question 4

Which structure within the kidney does urine pass through immediately before it enters the ureter?

Answer 4

Renal pelvis

Question 5

What is the name of the smooth muscle located within the wall of the urinary bladder?

Answer 5

Detrusor

Question 6

Where are the cremaster and Dartos muscles found

Answer 6

Scrotum

Question 7

Which of the following nerve branches contribute to the nerve that controls the external urethral sphincter?

Answer 7

S2-S4

Question 8

Which nerve roots contribute to the hypogastric nerve

Answer 8

T12-L2

Question 9

Which nerve roots contribute to the lumbar plexus

Answer 9

L1-L4

Question 10

Which nerve roots contribute to the femoral and Obturator nerves

Answer 10

L2-L4

Question 11

Which nerve roots contribute to the sciatic nerve

Answer 11

L4-S3

Question 12

Which of the following nerves contributes to the sensory innervation of the skin of the external genitalia?

Answer 12

Ilioinguinal

Question 13

Function of the femoral nerve

Answer 13

sensory innervation to parts of the thigh and leg

Question 14

Function of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Answer 14

sensory innervation to the lateral thigh

Question 15

Function of the Obturator nerve

Answer 15

sensory innervation to the medial thigh

Question 16

Function of the subcostal nerve

Answer 16

sensory innervation to part of the anterior abdominal wall.

Question 17

At what vertebral level does the inferior vena cava pass through the diaphragm?

Answer 17

T8

Question 18

What is the most medial attachment of the inguinal ligament?

Answer 18

Pubic tubercle

Question 19

What is the most lateral attachment of the inguinal ligament?

Answer 19

Anterior superior iliac spine

Question 20

Which muscles contribute to the pelvic floor?

Answer 20

Coccygeus
Iliococcygeus
Pubococcygeus
Puborectalis
And Two additional muscles, piriformis and obturator internus, also contribute to the pelvic floor.

Question 21

In the female, which artery provides the primary blood supply to the perineum?

Answer 21

Internal pudendal

Question 22

What is the name of the line that separates the superior and inferior parts of the anal canal?

Answer 22

Pectinate line

Question 23

Arcuate line

Answer 23

demarcates a region of the anterior abdominal wall where the orientation of the rectus sheath changes

Question 24

Intercristal line

Answer 24

found on the back and is used as a landmark for lumbar puncture

Question 25

Intertubercular line

Answer 25

demarcates the inferior third from the middle third of the abdominal wall.

Question 26

Pectinate line

Answer 26

separates the anal canal into the superior and inferior parts, which have different blood and nerve supply

Question 27

Which of the following structures forms the floor of the inguinal canal?

Answer 27

Inguinal ligament

Question 28

roof, and anterior and posterior borders of inguinal canal

Answer 28

consist of aponeuroses from the external and internal oblique muscles, the transversus abdominus muscle and the transversalis fascia.

Question 29

The urethra passes through the centre of which structure in the penis?

Answer 29

Corpus spongiosum

Question 30

Which structure does sperm pass through immediately after leaving the epididymis?

Answer 30

Vas deferens

Question 31

Correct

Answer 31

Periprostatic nerve plexus

Question 32

In the female, what is the name of the two strands of erectile tissue which are attached to the left and right ischial rami and converge in the midline?

Answer 32

Corpora cavernosa

Question 33

Which artery provides the primary arterial supply to the pelvic organs?

Answer 33

Internal iliac

Question 34

What is the name of the strands of connective tissue which attach to the ovary and ‘catch’ the ovum as it is released?

Answer 34

Fimbriae

Question 35

Which area of the female pelvis is the deepest and most inferior, and therefore where fluid or pus in the peritoneum may accumulate?

Answer 35

Rectouterine pouch

Question 36

Introitus

Answer 36

Opening of the vagina

Question 37

What is the name given to the ligament which covers the uterus, ovaries and uterine tubes and is continuous with the peritoneum in the female pelvis?

Answer 37

Broad ligament