Male Genital System Flashcards
Penis is the common outlet for______.
urine and semen
Enumerate the ligamentous support of the penis
Fundiform Ligament and Suspensory Ligament
This ligamentous support of the penis is from the membranous layer of subcutaneous tissue of the lower abdomen
Fundiform ligament
This ligamentous support of the penis is from the SCARPA’S FASCIA
Fundiform ligament
This is a thick TRIANGULAR FIBROELASTIC BAND that keeps the penis pointed up during erection
SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT
This ligamentous support of the penis is attached to the DEEP FASCIA and ANTERIOR SYMPHYSIS PUBIS
SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT
Free fold of skin covering the PENILE SHAFT from the base (radix) to the glans of penis
PREPUCE / FORESKIN
removal of foreskin that covers the gland penis
circumcision
Circumcision is performed as a therapeautic medical procedure for:
pathologic phimosis, chronic inflammation of the penis, and penile cancer
Enumerate the layers of the penis
Skin
superficial/dartos fascia
deep/buck’s fascia
Tunica Albugenia
This layer of the penis contains the dorsal veins
a) skin
b) buck’s fascia
c) tunica albugenia
d) dartos fascia
d) dartos fascia
This layer of the penis contains the dorsal arteries and nerves
a) Tunica albuginea
b) buck’s fascia
c) superficial fascia
d) skin
b) buck’s fascia
This layer of penis encloses the 2 corpus cavernosa
a) buck’s fascia
b) dartos fascia
c) skin
d) tunica albugenia
d) tunica albugenia
This layer of penis contains the corpus spongiosum
a) skin
b) dartos fascia
c) buck’s fascia
d) tunica albugenia
c) buck’s fascia
the penis is composed of three cylindrical bodies of erectile tissue called ________.
a) corpora
b) buck’s fascia
c) dartos
a) corpora
The following are true about corpora cavernosa except:
a) paired
b) it lie side-by-side
c) fused medially
d) it separate anteriorly
d) it separate anteriorly
Correct answer: it separate posteriorly forming the two crura
The crura formed by the paired corpora cavernosa are attached on each side to the ______
a) corpus spongiosum
b) bulb of the penis
c) rami of the pubis and ischium
d) ischium
c) rami of pubis and ischium
Ventral to the corpora cavernosa is the ______:
a) corpus spongiosum
b) tunica albugenia
c) bulb of penis
c) radix of penis
a) corpus spongiosum
The posterior portion of the corpus spongiosum is _______
a) radix of the penis
b) bulb of the penis
c) penile shaft
d) glans of penis
b) bulb of the penis
Most distal portion of the corpus spongiosum
a) bulb of penis
b) radix of penis
c) glans of penis
d) corona of penis
c) glans of penis
spongy urethra is within _____
a) corpora cavernosa
b) corpus spongiosum
c) buck’s fascia
d) dartos fascia
b) corpus spongiosum
Margin of the glans is called _____
a) radix
b) antrum
c) corona
d) penile shaft
c) corona
This part of the penis has the greatest concentration of sensory nerve endings
a) penile shaft
b) glans of penis
c) corona of penis
d) bulb of penis
b) glans of penis
distal portion of the glans of penis is called _____
a) radix of the penis
b) frenelum
c) prepuce
d) external urethral orifice
d) external urethral orifice
The skin and fascia of the penis are prolonged as free fold just underneath the neck of the penis is called ______
a) frenulum
b) corpora bodies
c) prepuce
d) bulb of the penis
c) prepuce
This is the medial fold of the penis passing from the prepuce up to the extrenal irethral orifice of meatus
a) frenulum
b) prenlum
c) corona
d) penile shaft
a) frenulum
Erection is made possible due to the ______
a) penile shaft
b) elastic fibers
c) spongy tissues of the corpora bodies
d) bulb of penis
c) spongy tissues of the corpora bodies
ALL of the following is true about spongy tissue of the corpora bodies EXCEPT:
a) erection
b) interlacing and intercommunicationg spaces
c) filled with arterial blood
d) spongy urethra
d) spongy urethra - this is found at the corpus spongiosum
Size of the male urethra
15-20cm
It is a long muscular tube
Male Urethra
It conveys urine from the urinary bladder to the exterior through the external urethral orifice located at the tip of the glans penis
Male Urethra
Prostatic urethra is the part engulfed by
Prostate
In normal male, this id the widest part or the most dilatable part of the urethra
a) prostatic urethra
b) membranous urethra
c) spongy urethra
a) prostatic urethra
This is found after the prostatic urethra
membranous urethra
Longest part of the urethra
spongy urethra
The posterior wall of the prostatic urethra has a median longitudinal ridge called
urethral crest
This is the shortest portion of the urethra
Membranous urethra
This is the the thinnest portion of th urethra and the most prone to damage
membranous urethra
The prostatic urethra starts at _______ and ends at the ________
a) bulb of the penis; meatus
b) meatus; bulb of the penis
c) bladder neck; urogenital diaphragm
d) urogenital diaphragm; bladder neck
c) bladder neck; urogenital diaphragm
The spongy urethra starts at the _____ and ends at the ________
a) bulb of the penis; meatus
b) meatus; bulb of the penis
c) bladder neck; urogenital diaphragm
d) urogenital diaphragm; bladder neck
a) bulb of the penis; meatus
At the proximal end of the spongy urethra, there are _________
a) large bulbourethral glands
b) small bulbourethral glands
c) veromontarum
d) prostatic sinuses
b) small bulbourethral glands
The groove in each side of the urethral crest:
a) prostatic sinuses
b) veromontanum
c) seminal colliculus
a) prostatic sinuses
On the middle of the urethral crest is the
a) prostatic sinuses
b) veromontanum
c) frenulum
b) veromontanum or seminal colliculus
The membranous urethra is compressed by ________
urogenital diaphragm
This is responsible for the maintenance of the urinary continence
Urogenital diaphragm
Arterial supply of the spongy urethra
bulbar artery
Venous drainage of the spongy urethra
bulbar veins
The arterial suppley and venous drainage of the spongy urethra are both supplied/drained by the corresponding
internal pudendals
A condition wherein the urethral meatus opens on the ventral side of the penis proximal to the tip of the glans penis
a) Hydrocoele
b) Epispadias
c) Hypospadias
d) Varicocoele
C) Hypospadias
This is a component of Hypospadias where in there is a ventral bending and bowing of the penile shaft.
a) stenotic urethral meatus
b) abnormal hooded apperance of penis caused by the deficient ventral foreskin
c) chordee
c) chordee
Enumerate the classifications of the Hypospadias
Glandular - proximal to the glans coronal - coronal sulcus Penile shaft Penoscrotal Perineal
This is a condition wherein the urethral meatus is displaced dorsally
a) Hypospadias
b) Epispadias
c) Hydrocoele
b) Epispadias
This classification of epispadias occurs at the dorsum of glans
Glandular
This classification of epispadias has characteristics wherein the urethral meatus is broad, gaping and located between pubis and coronal sulcus
Penile
This classification of epispadias is located at the peno-pubic junction with distal dorsal groove extending up the glans of penis
Penopubic
The arterial supply of the penis comes from the _______
internal pudendal artery
The branch of the internal pundendal artery the runs superior to the corpora cavernosa:
a) deep arteries
b) dorsal arteries
c) Helicine arteries
d) circumflex arteries
b) dorsal arteries
The branch of the internal pudendal artery that opens in the c.cavernosa
a) deep arteries
b) helicine arteries
c) bulbar artery
d) dorsal arteries
b) helicine arteries
The branch of the internal pudendal artery that pierce through the crura and run within the corpora cavernosa
a) deep arteries
b) dorsal arteries
c) helicine arteries
d) cricumflex arteries
a) dorsal arteries
The blood from the cavernous spaces is drained to the
a) prostatic venous plexus - venous plexi- deep dorsal vein
b) venous plexi - prostatic plexus -deep dorsal vein
c) deep dorsal vein - venous plexi- prostatic plexus
d) venous plexi-deep dorsal vein - prostatic plexus
d) venous plexi-deep dorsal vein - prostatic plexus