Male Repro

Question 1

Where are gametes or sex cells produced and male sex hormones

Answer 1

Gonads

Question 2

What is the name of the canal that the testis passes through during development?

Answer 2

Inguinal Canal

Question 3

What are the deep and superficial openings of Inguinal canal called?

Answer 3

Deep Internal and Superficial External

Question 4

What are the 6 contents of Spermatic Cord

Answer 4

Testicular Artery
Genitofemoral Nerve
Vas Deferens 
Cremasteric Artery and Veins
Autonomic Nerves
Pampirformis of Testicular Veins

Question 5

The ovoid testes are suspended in

Answer 5

Scrotum by Spermatic Cords

Question 6

What are the tough outer fibrous layer of testis called

Answer 6

Tunica Albuginea

Question 7

What are the two layers of tunica vaginalis

Answer 7

Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum

Question 8

What material is present between the two layers of tunica vaginalis?

Answer 8

Hydrocele

Question 9

At what vertebral level do testicular arteries arise from abdo aorta

Answer 9

L2

Question 10

The Testicular Arteries cross what structures near pelvic brim before travelling into inguinal canal

Answer 10

Common Iliac Vein and Common Iliac Artery

Question 11

What is the term used for the 8-12 anastosing veins associated with testis

Answer 11

Pampiriform Plexus

Question 12

The right testicular vein drains into

Answer 12

IVC

Question 13

The left testicular vein drains into

Answer 13

L Renal Vein

Question 14

What is a variocele

Answer 14

Dilated Tortuous veins of Pampiriform Plexus

Question 15

Main cause of Variocele

Answer 15

Renal Vein Stenosis

Question 16

What operation for Testicular Torsion

Answer 16

Orchidopexy

Question 17

The prostate drains to

Answer 17

Internal Iliac and Sacral Nodes

Question 18

The seminal vesicle drains to

Answer 18

Internal Iliac

Question 19

The Scrotum drains to

Answer 19

Superficial inguinal

Question 20

The penis drains to

Answer 20

Deep Inguinal and External Iliac (Glans)

Superficial Inguinal (Skin)

Question 21

Function of Epididymis

Answer 21

Stores sperm

Question 22

Sperm is produced by

Answer 22

Testis

Question 23

Vas deferens arises from

Answer 23

Tail of Epididymis

Question 24

Vas Deferens traverses

Answer 24

inguinal Canal and enters pelvis by crossing over external iliac vessels

Question 25

Vas deferens terminates by joining

Answer 25

Duct of seminal gland to form ejaculatory duct

Question 26

Seminal glands are located

Answer 26

Posterior bladder and produce semen

Question 27

Prostate gland is fused to

Answer 27

Inferior Neck of Bladder

Question 28

What secretions are produced by prostate

Answer 28

Fructose

Question 29

Bulbourethral (Cowper’s) glands are located

Answer 29

Urogenital Diaphragm which empty into penile/spongy urethra

Question 30

What secretions are produced by Bulbourethral Glands

Answer 30

Mucoproteins to lubricate urethra

Question 31

Histology features of Testis (Seminiferous Tubules) (4)

Answer 31

Convoluted tubules sectioned in various planes
4-8 layers of cells
Spermatozoa in the lumen
Leydig cells in the interstitial spaces between tubules

Question 32

Histology features of Prostate (3)

Answer 32

Serous alveoli with infolding epithelium
Trabeculae of muscular stroma
Amorphous eosinophilic masses, called corpora amylacea, in the alveoli in older men

Question 33

Histology features of Seminal Vesicle (3)

Answer 33

No sperms in the lumen
Highly recessed and irregular lumen forming crypts and cavities giving a honey-combed appearance
Well-developed muscular externa

Question 34

Histology features of Ductus Deferens (3)

Answer 34

Lumen Stellate in shape
A thick-walled muscular tube
Epithelial lining and its supporting lamina propria are thrown into longitudinal folds