GA Lab 2 - Male Perineum & Pelvis Flashcards
What is the perineal membrane?
Thick fibrous sheath that fills the urogenital triangle
Attachments of the perineal membrane?
Free posterior border and attached laterally to the pubic arch
Role of perineal membrane?
Provides support for the external genitalia, which are attached to its inferior surface
What does the perineal membrane separate?
Separates the deep and superficial pouches
What is the root of the penis made up of?
Both corporus spongiosum and corpora cavernosa
When does the body of the penis start?
Begins when the two proximal free parts of the corpora cavernosa and corpus spogiosum meet = free part of the penis
What does Colle’s fascia attach to? What is it continuous with?
Attached:
- To posterior end of the perineal membrane (does not extend to anal triangle)
- To ischiopubic rami (does not extend into the thigh)
Continuous with fascia on the anterior abdominal wall
What is Darto’s fascia?
Superficial fascia of scrotum made of BOTH Scarpa’s and Camper’s fascia
6 layers around testes and what they correspond to in the anterior abdominal wall?
- Skin
- Dartos fascia => BOTH Scarpa’s and Camper’s fascia
- External spermatic fascia => external oblique aponeurosis
- Cremasteric fascia and muscle => internal oblique muscle
- Internal spermatic fascia => transversalis fascia
- Obliterated processus vaginalis = visceral and parietal tunica vaginalis => parietal peritoneum
9 contents of spermatic cord?
- Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
- Deferential artery + vein
- Ductus deferens
- Pampiniform plexus of testicular veins
- Testicular artery from abdominal aorta
- Cremasteric artery and vein
- Sympathetic efferents and visceral afferents (later ones carrying pain)
- Lymphatics
- Remnants of the processus vaginalis
What is the spermatic cord enveloped by?
External spermatic fascia
What is the scrotal ligament? Embryological derivation? Purpose? Other name?
Ligament that secures the testis to the most inferior portion of the scrotum
- Remnant of gubernaculum in a fetus
- Tethering it in place and limiting the degree to which the testis can move within the scrotum
= testicular ligament
Does the visceral layer of the tunica vaginalis cover the whole testis?
NOPE - not the posterior aspect
Other name for deferential artery?
Artery of ductus
Position of ductus deferens in relation to the spermatic cord?
Posterior
Is the perineal body more prominent in males or females?
Females
What defines the superior margin of the superficial perineal pouch?
Perineal membrane
Location of perineal membrane with regards to erectile tissues and their muscles?
Superior
What is the deep fascia of the penis called? What does it contain? What does it NOT contain?
Buck’s fascia
Contains corpora cavernosa, corpus spongiosum, dorsal arteries, deep dorsal vein, dorsal nerve
Does NOT contain superficial dorsal vein
What is the terminal branch of the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery?
Inferior gluteal artery
Levator ani muscles:
- Origin
- Insertion
- Innervation
- Function
- In a line around the pelvic wall: from the posterior aspect of the pubic bone => tendinous arch of obturator internus muscle (thickening of the obturator internus fascia) => ischial spine
- Anterior part: superior surface of the perineal membrane
- Posterior part: meets its partner on the other side at the perineal body, around the anal canal, and along the anococcygeal ligament
- Branches direct from the anterior ramus of S4, and by the inferior rectal branch of the pudendal nerve (S2 to S4)
- Contributes to the formation of the pelvic floor, which supports the pelvic viscera
- Maintains a 90 degree angle between the rectum and anal canal
- Reinforces the external anal sphincter
- In women: functions as a vaginal sphincter (sphincter vaginae) during orgasm
- In men: principal support for the prostate (levator prostatae)
Describe the pathway of the inferior rectal nerve and its function.
Penetrates through the fascia of the pudendal canal, and courses medially across the ischio-anal fossa
- Innervates the external anal sphincter and related regions of the levator ani muscles
- Provides general sensory for the skin of the anal triangle
What 3 structures run on the dorsal surface of the penis?
- 2 dorsal arteries
- 1 deep dorsal vein
- Dorsal nerve
From what artery does the dorsal artery of the penis originate from?
Internal pudendal artery
What is the bulb of the penis?
Proximal part of corpus spongiosum
What is the root of the penis made of?
Crura + bulb of the penis
What is the navicular fossa?
Enlarged distal portion of the spongy urethra at the end of the penis within the glans
What runs within the corpora cavernosa?
Deep artery of the penis
What separates the corpora cavernosa and the corporus spongiosum? What does it form?
Tunica albuginea of corpora cavernosa
Forms a septum between the 2 corpora cavernosa
Vertebral level of male rectum?
S3