Male Reproductive System

Question 1

What is the route from testes to the urinary meatus?

Answer 1

Testes, Vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, prostatic urethra, membranous urethra, spongy urethra

Question 2

Which serous membrane covers part of the testicle?

Answer 2

Tunica vaginalis

Question 3

Name the caspule that surrounds seminiferous tubule

Answer 3

Tunica alburginea

Question 4

What is a hydrocoele? How is it diagnosed?

Answer 4

Build up of fluid in the tunica vaginalis, transilumination

Question 5

Which cells make up the seminiferous tubule?

Answer 5

Sertoli cells, aids in spermatogenesis

Question 6

What do Leydig cells do?

Answer 6

Produce testosterone

Question 7

What vessels give arterial supply to the testes?

Answer 7

Left and right testicular arteries from aorta

Question 8

Where does blood drain to from the testes?

Answer 8

Left vein into renal vein, right vein direct into IVC

Question 9

Describe the structure and fucntion of the pampiniform plexus

Answer 9

Testicular veins wrap around the artery’s to cool the arterial blood for spermatogenesis

Question 10

What is the lymphatic drainage from the testes and scrotum?

Answer 10

Testes to para-aortic nodes, scrotum to inguinal nodes

Question 11

what is a bell-clapper deformity?

Answer 11

Tunica vaginalis extends more superiorly allowing more movement, allowing it to twist and cause torsion

Question 12

What is the treatment for testicular torsion?

Answer 12

Immediate surgery, the testical could necrose and die. If left in, the other teste could also be damaged

Question 13

What is the name of the structure that guides the teste through the abdominal wall?

Answer 13

Gubernaculum

Question 14

Name the 3 layers of fascia that surround the spermatic cord

Answer 14

External spermatic fascia, cremasteric fascia, internal spermatic fascia

Question 15

Name the 3 arteries in the spermatic cord

Answer 15

Testicular artery, artery to vas, Cremasteric artery

Question 16

Name the 3 veins in the spermatic cord

Answer 16

Testicular vein, vein to vas, Cremasteric vein

Question 17

Name the 3 nerves associated with spermatic cord

Answer 17

Gential branch of genitofemeral nerve, ilioinguinal nerve, sympathetic nerve

Question 18

Which part of the prostate is usually affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Answer 18

Transitional zone

Question 19

Which part of the prostate is usually affected by cancer?

Answer 19

Peripheral zone

Question 20

Which structure forms most of the semen volume?

Answer 20

Seminal vesicle (65%)

Question 21

What are the 2 muscles of the penis?

Answer 21

Corpus cavernosum, corpus spongiosum

Question 22

What is the blood supply to the penis?

Answer 22

Internal iliac artey to the internal pudendal artery