Inguinal Region

Question 1

Each testicle is surrounded by the thin visceral layer of the ________ and the tough inner ________

Answer 1

tunica vaginalis

tunica albuginea

Question 2

Where are sperm formed?

Answer 2

seminiferous tubules

Question 3

After sperm are formed they move through ______ then the _____to the _______

Answer 3

straight tubules
rete testes
efferent ductules

Question 4

Where are sperm stored in/eventually exit

Answer 4

epididymis

Question 5

Tail of the epididymus leads into the _______ which carries sperm and eventually semen to the urethra

Answer 5

ductus (vas) defernes

Question 6

What is the inguinal canal bounded by

Answer 6

the inguinal ligament on the anterolateral side

Question 7

How many arches does the inguinal canal have and what are they formed by?

Answer 7

3;

transversus abdominus, internal oblique, external oblique

Question 8

The deep ring is marked by what

Answer 8

transversalis fascia

Question 9

The superficial ring is marked by what

Answer 9

external oblique fascia

Question 10

What pulls the testes through the body wall?

Answer 10

gubernaculum (the governor)

Question 11

Pareital peritoneum becomes

Answer 11

tunica vaginalis

Question 12

Transversalis fascia becomes

Answer 12

inner spermatic fasica

Question 13

Internal oblique becomes

Answer 13

cremasteric muscle and fascia (brings testicles in)

Question 14

external oblique becomes

Answer 14

external spermatic fascia

Question 15

Scarpa’s fascia becomes

Answer 15

Dartos muscle and fascia

Question 16

Ductus (vas) deferins

Answer 16

thick muscular tube that carries sperm and semen

Question 17

Testicular artery

Answer 17

comes off aorta, oxygenates testicles

Question 18

Cremasteric artery

Answer 18

comes from inferior epigastric a

oxygenates cremaster muscles

Question 19

ductus deferens a

Answer 19

comes from inferior vesicular a

oxygenates ductus deferens

Question 20

pampiniform plexus

Answer 20

network formed by ~12 veins that converge superiorly as left or right testicular veins

Question 21

Function of Dartos muscle

Answer 21

wrinkly balls

Question 22

Function of cremaster muscle

Answer 22

pulls up scrotum closer to body

Question 23

_____ branch of genitofemoral nerve innervates the _____ muscle

Answer 23

genital

cremaster

Question 24

______ accompany the testicular a and the ductus deferens

Answer 24

symphathetics

Question 25

What does the gubernaculum do in females

Answer 25

pulls ovaries down (but doesn't go past the pelvic brim) | becomes the ovarian and the round ligament

Question 26

Difference of cremaster muscle in females

Answer 26

a few short loops of muscle around the round ligament

Question 27

Where is the round ligament found

Answer 27

in the labia majora (terminates here)

Question 28

Direct hernia

Answer 28

goes through hasselbach's triangle | contained by external oblique or pushes through the superficial ring

Question 29

Indirect hernia

Answer 29

more common in young men | passes through the patent processus vaginalis, alongside spermatic cord

Question 30

Femoral hernia

Answer 30

below inguinal ligament where the femoral vessels push through just as common in women as in men

Question 31

Hydrocele and Hemotocele

Answer 31

serous fluid or blood build up within the tunica vaginalis

Question 32

Sebaceous cyst

Answer 32

generation of cyst within the epidermis, often related to infection of hair follicle

Question 33

Spermatocele

Answer 33

cyst within the head of the epididymis very common pt may think it's testicular cancer

Question 34

Cryptochidism

Answer 34

failure of testes to descend | most descend on their own within a year of birth

Question 35

monorchidism

Answer 35

one testicle

Question 36

polyorchidism

Answer 36

more than 2 testicles

Question 37

ectopic testes

Answer 37

testes deviate from normal path and end up somewhere else

Question 38

Vasctomy

Answer 38

ductus (vas) deferens is cut and may be tied

Question 39

Anterior cutaneous branches of iliohypogastric innervate what

Answer 39

ilioinguinal

Question 40

Anterior scrotal branch of ilioinguinal innervates what

Answer 40

dartos