Male Genitalia

Question 1

Where are the kidneys in the cow?

Answer 1

Both on the right side of the median plane. Left is more ventral and caudal. Left is 3-5 L. Right is last rib to L3

Question 2

Are cow kidneys multilobular?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is different about the ischial tuber in the cow?

Answer 3

There is triangular thickening rather than linear thickening

Question 4

What comes out the greater sciatic foramen?

Answer 4

• Sciatic
• Cranial gluteal vessels
• Cranial gluteal n
• Caudal gluteal n

Question 5

What comes out the lesser sciatic foramen?

Answer 5

Caudal gluteal vessels

Question 6

Which sciatic foramen is larger in the cow?

Answer 6

Lesser

Question 7

What is the pudendal (Larson) Nerve Block?

Answer 7

Pudendal and caudal rectal nerves are blocked to anesthetize retractor penis and rectal vaginal tone

Question 8

What are the landmarks for the pudendal nerve block?

Answer 8

Rectal exam, Lesser sciatic foramen

Question 9

What is different about the pelvic cavity in the cow?

Answer 9

Encircled by bony pelvis

Question 10

What marks the pelvic inlet?

Answer 10

D: promontory
L: Ilia
V: Pectin

Question 11

What marks the pelvic outlet?

Answer 11

D: Caudal vertebrae
L: Sacrosciatic ligament
V: Ischiatic arch

Question 12

What is the vertical diameter?

Answer 12

Cranial edge of pelvic symphysis to S2/S3

Question 13

What is the conjugate diameter?

Answer 13

Cranial edge of pelvic Symphysis to promontory

Question 14

What is the transverse?

Answer 14

Horizontal line through the pelvis

Question 15

What do you use to measure the pelvis?

Answer 15

Rice bovine pelvimeter

Question 16

Describe the orientation of the ruminant testes?

Answer 16

Hangs vertically in scrotum with epididymis attached to the caudomedial surface of testis with the head at the proximal end of the testis

Question 17

Describe the penis in cows?

Answer 17

Fibroelastic type with sigmoid flexure and retractor penis is well developed

Question 18

How are ruminants normally catheterized?

Answer 18

It is too hard to use the penis because of the urethral recess and sigmoid flexure so do ischial urethostomy

Question 19

What is the apical ligament?

Answer 19

Dorsal thickening of tunica albuginea

Question 20

What is the raphe?

Answer 20

Ventral thickening of tunica albuginea

Question 21

Where is the urethral process?

Answer 21

Lies in shallow groove between raphe and glans shorter than in small ruminants