GU 4

Question 1

How does the vas deferens travel

Answer 1

It originates from the deep inguinal ring, is (a tube) above the ureter (remember water under the bridge) and disappears into the prostate gland

Question 2

What is the seminal vesicle

Answer 2

Responsible for storing the fluid component of the ejaculate prior to ejaculation

Question 3

Where are sperm themselves stored?

Answer 3

In the epididymis

Question 4

What is the duct that allows the joining of the seminal vesicle and vas deferens

Answer 4

The ejaculatory duct

Question 5

Where is the ejaculatory duct located

Answer 5

In the posterior part of the prostate

Question 6

What are the two main causes of enlargement of the prostate

Answer 6

1. ) Benign hypertrophy: cells in prostate become abnormally large
2. ) Malignancy

Question 7

What is the name of the plexus of veins next to the prostate gland

Answer 7

The prostate plexus

Question 8

Info on these veins?

Answer 8

• Have no valves
• Continuous with veins of the pelvis and veins that run up the lumbar + thoracic spine (the azygous + hemi-azygous systems)

Question 9

What is the external bladder sphincter part of?

Answer 9

The peroneum

Question 10

How is the prostate gland a complex structure?

Answer 10

It is made up of 20-30 separate glands. All have their own duct which empties into the urethra

Question 11

What lies immediately above the pubis symphysis in the female

Answer 11

The bladder

Question 12

Why is the angle between the vagina and the lumen of the uterus important

Answer 12

• If the angle goes forwards: it is anteverted

- if the angle goes backwards: it is retroverted

Question 13

What are the different terms for the bending of the uterus

Answer 13

• uterus bent forwards: anteflexed

- uterus bent backwards: retroflexed

Question 14

What is the narrowing outlet and inlet of the cervix called

Answer 14

External os and internal os

Question 15

What does the internal os mark the start of?

Answer 15

The uterine cavity

Question 16

What is the name of the space behind the cervix

Answer 16

The posterior fornix

Question 17

What is the name of the space in front of the cervix

Answer 17

The anterior fornix

Question 18

There is a space just below the uterus: name

Answer 18

The Pouch of Douglas. Where small bowel/sigmoid colon would lie

Question 19

Name of the space between the uterus and the bladder

Answer 19

The vesicouterine pouch

Question 20

What ligament does the uterus form

Answer 20

The broad ligament

Question 21

Upper and lower limits of the broad ligament

Answer 21

Upper limit: has fallopian tube running along it

Back of ligament: the ovary

Question 22

How does the fallopian tube change as it runs along the broad ligament

Answer 22

Gets wider towards the end (the infundibulum ). Finishes in the fimbriae (lots of little finger like projections)

Question 23

How is the ovary attached to the uterus

Answer 23

The round ligament of the uterus (also a second ligament called the round ligament of the uterus)

Question 24

What is the artery and vein that run to the ovary

Answer 24

The ovarian artery and the ovarian vein

Question 25

What is the obturator nerve

Answer 25

Supplies sensation to the inside of the lower thigh

Question 26

What is the ovarian fossa

Answer 26

The triangle between the external iliac vein and the internal iliac vein. Where ovary lies

Question 27

Where does the uterine artery originate and go to

Answer 27

• Comes off the internal iliac artery

- Feeds onto the lateral wall of the uterus

Question 28

What are the cardinal ligaments

Answer 28

Ligaments that support the cervix and prevent it from moving down (aka down the vagina)