Male Repro System Flashcards
What are the Gonads?
Where Sex Cells/Gametes are Produced + Site of Production of Male Sex Hormones
What is the name of the canal that the testis passes through during development?
Inguinal Canal
What are the deep and superficial openings of this canal called?
Deep Internal and Superficial Externa
What are the main contents of the spermatic cord?
Testicular Artery Genitofemoral Nerve Cremasteric Artery and Vein Autonomic Nerves Pampiniform Venous Plexus Vas Deferens
The ovoid testes are suspended in the scrotum by the
Spermatic Cords
What is the tough outer fibrous layer of the testis called?
Tunica Albuginea
What are the two layers of tunica vaginalis?
Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum
What material is present between the two layers of tunica vaginalis?
Hydrocele
At what vertebral level do the testicular arteries arise from the abdominal aorta?
L2
The testicular arteries travel?
Retroperitoneally
What two structures does the testicular artery cross at pelvic brim?
Common Iliac Artery and Vein
What is the term used for the 8-12 anastomosing veins associated with the testis?
Pampiniform Venous Plexus
Function of Pampinform Venous Plexus?
Temp Regulation and Venous Return
Into what vein does Right Testicular Artery drain?
IVC
Into what vein does Left Testicular Artery drain?
Left Renal Vein