Male anatomy Flashcards
What forms the erectile tissue of the penis?
Corpus cavernosum
Corpus spongiosum
What is the corpus cavernosum?
erectile tissue forming the main body of the penis
Continuation of the crura
What is the corpus spongiosum?
Erectile tissue formed from the bus of penis and running up the middle of the bottom
What are the muscles of the penis?
2 bulbospongiosum muscles
2 ischiocavernosus muscles
What is the function of the bulbospongiosus muscles?
Contract to empty urethra
What is the function of the ischiocavernosus muscles?
Help maintain erection
Where are the bulbospongiosus muscles?
Around base
Associated with bulb of penis
What is the arterial supply of the penis?
Internal pudendal artery
What is the venous drainage of the penis?
Deep and superficial dorsal veins
What is the nerve supply of the penis?
Branch of pudendal
What is the lymphatic drainage of the penis?
External iliac
What is the histological appearance of the penis?
2 ovals of loosely packed corpus cavernosa and a more densely packed corpus spongiosum containing the urethra
Surrounded by several layers of epithelial cells
What are the layers of the testes?
Outer fibrous tunica vaginalis
Tunica albuginea
Tunica vasculosa
What is the tunica vaginalis?
Outermost fibrous layers of the testes with 2 layers
What are the layers and cavity of the tunica vaginalis?
Visceral and parietal
Cavum vaginale
What is the tunica albuginea?
Thick white fibrous tissue capsule
What does the tunica albuginea do?
Forms the septa that divide the testes into 200-300 lobules, each containing 1-4 seminiferous tubules
What is the tunica vasculosa?
Highly vascularised connective tissue
What are the seminiferous tubules?
Long, convoluted sperm producing tubules
What surrounds the seminiferous tubules?
Connective tissue myoid cells
What are myoid cells?
Contractile cells that help spermatozoa move through the tubules
What is the function of sertoli cells?
Mechanical support
Provide nutrition to spermatogenic cells
Form blood testes barrier
Secrete androgen binding protein
What are Leydig cells?
Interstitial cells
What is the function of Leydig cells?
Produce testosterone
What is the histology of the seminiferous tubules?
High convoluted- multiple cross sections in 1 slide
4-8 layers of cells
Leydig cells in interstitial spaces
“empty” area in centre