Lecture 3: Pelvic Cavity 2 Flashcards
List the male and female portions of the following external reproductive primordia:
- unpaired genital tubercle
- paired genital folds
- paired genital swellings
- M-glans penis F-clit
- M:shaft of penis F:labia minora
- M: scrotum F: labia majora
What are the male internal reproductive structures?
- spermatic cord
- prostate gland
- seminal vesicles
- bulubourethral glands
- ejaculatory ducts
Define penile raphe
raised ridge between the glans penis and the scrotum; line of fusion
Define scrotal raphe
between penile raphe and perineal raphe
line of fusion between the genital swelling
Define the perineal raphe
between the scrotal raphe and the anus
Describe the 3 columns of the erectile tissue in the shaft of the penis
- paired corporal cavernosa (2): extensions of the crura, dorsal to the third column; surrounds a deep artery
- corpus spongiosum: houses the urethra
What are the layers of tissue surrounding the penis?
Dartos fascia
Buck’s fascia
Deep fascia
List the layers of the scrotum
- skin
- dartos fascia and muscle
- external spermatic fascia
- cremasteric fascia
- internal spermatic fascia
- parietal tunica vaginalis
- visceral tunica vaginalis
- tunica albuginea
Describe the where sperm is produced and how it gets to where it is stored
Sperm is produced in the testes and then it travels through the rete testes and the efferent ductules to get to the epididymis where the sperm matures and is stored
Describe the spermatic cord including its function and contents
function: suspend the testes in scrotum
contains:
ductus deferens, testicular artery and artery of the ductus deferens, cremasteric artery. pampiniform plexus, sympathetic fibers, genital branch of genitofemoral nerve (L1)
Define the ductus deferens
muscular tune that takes the sperm form the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
Define the testicular artery
from the aorta via the gonadal artery; supplies the testes and epididymis
Define the pampiniform plexus
drains to the testicular vein to the inferior vena cava or the renal vein
Describe the prostate gland
located under urethra from bladder
produces prostatic fluid
Describe the seminal vesicles
elongated structures between the urinary bladder and the rectum; secrete alkaline fluid