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Genitourinary System Flashcards

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Urinary system is formed of:

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  • kidney
  • ureter
  • urinary bladder
  • urethra
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What are some general features of the kidney?

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  • left is longer, narrower, higher
  • right is lower because of right lobe of liver
  • anterior surface is convex and irregular
  • posterior surface is flat
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Where are kidneys located?

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  • lie retroperitoneally on posterior abdominal wall (both sides of VC)
  • hypochondrium and lumbar regions
  • anterior-lateral/posterior-medial???
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What are the posterior relations of the upper part of the kidneys

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  • diaphragm and medial and lateral arcuate ligaments
  • costodiaphragmatic recess

-right (12th rib). Left (11th rib)

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What are the posterior relations of the lower part of the kidneys?

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  • psoas, quadratus lamborum, aponeurotic origin of transversus abdomins
  • subcostal nerve, artery
  • iliohypogastic & ilioinguinal nerves

***paranephric fat separates structures

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What are the internal structures of the kidney

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  • cortex (outer) and medulla (inner)
  • medulla made of pyramids, apices open into minor calyces
  • minor calyx–>major calyx–>renal pelvis–> ureter
  • cortex–>renal column
  • cortex+pyramid=renal lobe
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Coverings of the kidney

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  1. Renal capsule
  2. Perinephric fat
  3. Renal fascia
  4. Paranephric fat
  5. Peritoneum
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Factors that support the kidneys

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  • renal fascia
  • perinephric fat
  • renal vessels
  • abdominal viscera
  • **weakness of results in nephroptosis (floating kidney)
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Blood supply of the kidneys

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  • supplied 70% by single renal artery (branch from abdominal aorta)
  • 30% accessory renal artery
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Venous drainage of the kidneys

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  • right kidney: single renal vein–> IVC
  • left kidney: renal vein can be doubled

-(L) renal vein drains: left gonadal vein, left suprarenal vein, sometimes left inferior phrenic vein

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General shape of urinary bladder

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-3 sided pyramid: apex; base (posterior surface), superior surface, two inferolateral surfaces

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General location of the bladder

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  • inside pelvic cavity, most anterior of pelvic viscera
  • lies posteriorly to pubis
  • separated from pubis by fascia (retro-pubic space)
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Location of urinary bladder (males)

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-anterior to rectum, separated by rectovesicle pouch

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Location of bladder (female)

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-anterior to uterus and vagina, separated from by vesico-uterine pouch

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Superior surface of the bladder

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  • superior to pelvic inlet is abdominal cavity/loops of intestine
  • covered by peritoneum
  • peritoneum forms two “paravesical fossae” with upper margin of inferolateral walls
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Inferolateral surface of bladder

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  • related to “levator ani” on both sides (tail-wagging)

- related to “obturator internus” further outside (abduction of thigh)

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Posterior surface of bladder

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-females: vagina; males: seminal vesicles & ampulla of the vas deferens

  • ureters open at upper corners, urethra at lower corner
  • **area between ureters and urethra is trigone and has smooth mucosal lining
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Posterior surface of bladder (men)

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-sits on top of prostate and lays back on the seminal vesicle and ampulla of vas deferens

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Posterior surface of the bladder (female)

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-neck of bladder sits on perineal membrane and lays onto the vagina

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What are the male genital organs

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  • prostate
  • seminal vesicle
  • ducks deferens
  • epididymis
  • testis
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Prostate

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  • fibromuscular gland contribute to seminal fluids, inverted cone (base on bladder, neck and apex on perineal membrane)
  • 2 lateral lobes, anterior (isthmus), posterior lobe, middle lobe
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Anatomical relations of prostate

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  • anteriorly: posterior surface of pubic symphysis, connected by (puboprostatic ligaments)
  • posteriorly: rectal ampullae
  • laterally: levator ani
  • traversed by “prostatic” urethra, ejaculatory ducts
  • **drained by internal iliac lymph nodes
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Seminal vesicle

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  • located between posterior surface of bladder and the rectum
  • related laterally to the ureter and ductus deferens
  • contribute 70% of seminal fluids
  • plays a role in sperm maturation, motility, and immunosupression once in female genital tract
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Course of the ductus deferens

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-begin: scrotum (lower end of epididymis tail)–> runs in spermatic cord–>passes in inguinal canal to reach pelvic cavity–> runs on lateral wall (pelvic cavity) curves medially and forward to posterior surface on bladder–> unites with seminal vesicle duct–> forms ejaculatory duct which drains seminal fluid into prostatic urethra

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Testis
- primary male sex organ - production of sperm and testosterone - lies in scrotum hangs from spermatic cord, anchored inferiorly to scrotal skin by scrotal ligament - covered by "tunica albuginea" (fibrous)
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Anatomical relations of testis
- posteriorly: epididymis, both are covered by visceral layer of "tunica vaginalis" * **drained into Para-aortic lymph nodes
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What are the female genital organs
- uterus - ovary - vagina
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Uterus
- thick-walled, muscular, in between rectum and bladder | - covered completely by peritoneum
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Anatomical relations of the uterus
- anterior surface related to bladder, separated by vesico-uterine pouch - anterior round end (fundus) - posterior surface related to abdominal cavity, loops of instestine, and rectum - separated from rectum by recto-uterine pouch (Douglas Pouch) - posterior end (cervix) opens into vagina, crypts surrounding cervix (fornices)
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Fornicies of the vagina
- "gutters" created by protrusion of cervix (uterus) into vaginal vault - forms anterior, posterior, and two lateral fornices
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Normal attitude of the uterus
- anteverted: uterus and vagina | - anteflexed: uterus and cervix
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Broad ligament
-peritoneal folds of the uterus connecting the lateral wall of the pelvis to the lateral wall of the pelvis
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Parts of the broad ligament
- mesosalpinx: part of the broad ligament in the vicinity of uterine tube - mesovarium: part of broad ligament connecting anterior border of the ovary to broad ligament - mesometrium: remaining broad ligament
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Blood supply of the uterus
Supplied by the uterine artery (branch of internal iliac artery)
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Ovaries
- homologue of testis - site of oogenesis and sex hormones - mesovarium attaches to anterior edge, ovaries have free posterior edge - lie in ovarian fossa on lateral wall of pelvis
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Blood supply of ovaries
- ovarian artery (branch of abdominal aorta) - drains into ovarian vein - lymphatic of the ovary into aortic lymph node
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Male and female urethra
- male is longer - male devided into 4 parts: - pre-prostatic - prostatic - membranous - penile
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