Male Reproductive Tract Flashcards
What are parts of Male internal genital organs?
- Testes (singular: testis)
- Epididymides (singular: epididymis)
- Duct deference’s (singular: duct deferents)
- Seminal glands
- Ejaculatory ducts
- Prostate gland
- Bulbo-urethral glands
What are parts of male external genital organ include?
- Distal urethra
- Scrotum
- Penis
What is the definition of the testes?
Male gonad, reproductive gland. Also an endocrine gland
Where is the testis located?
It is suspended in the scrotum (a cutaneous sac) by spermatic cord
What is the function of the testis?
- Produce sperms (spermatozoa-male gamete)
2. Produce male hormones (testosterone)
What is true about the left testis?
It is slightly lower than the right testis
What covers the testis?
It is covered by visceral layer of tunica vaginalis
Is a closed peritoneal sac, part of processes vaginalis (peritoneal cavity) of the fetus that precedes the descent of testes into scrotal sac
Tunica vaginalis
Is a part of cavity of tunica vaginalis between body of the epididymis and posterolsteral surface of the testis
Sinus of the epididymis
What is the function of serous fluid between visceral and partial layers of the tunica vaginalis?
Allow free movement of the testis
Tough outer fibrous layer covering the testicular tissue?
Tunica Albuginea
What do we call the thickening in the posterior aspect of the tunica albuginea ?
Mediastinum testis
What produces sperms in the testis?
Seminiferous tubules
What connect the seminiferous tubules to rete testis in mediastinum?
Straight tubules
Is a network of tubules in the mediastinum testis?
Rete testis
Connect the rete testis to the head of the epididymis
Efferent ductules
What is the blood supply of the testis?
Testicular artery
From where the testicular artery arises?
The testicular artery arise from the anterolateral aspect of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to renal arteries
How the testicular arteries enter the testis?
Through the spermatic cord
What is the course of testicular arteries?
Posterior abdominal wall —>
Deep inguinal ring —>
Inguinal canal —>
Superficial inguinal ring —> spermatic cord
Does the testicular artery anastomoses and with what?
Testicular artery or it’s branch anastomoses with artery of ductus deferens
What is the venous drainage of the testis?
Testicular veins and veins of epididymis form the —> pamoiniform of venous plexus, in the spermatic cord
What is part of the thermoregulatory system of testis?
Pampiniform of venous plexus
Veins of pampiniform of plexus joins to form what?
It forms testicular vein
Where the right testicular vein drains?
Into inferior vena cava, just bellow the renal vein
Where does the left testicular vein drains ?
Into the left renal vein
Enlargement of pampiniform of plexus of veins?
Varicocele
What is the lymphatics of testis?
To right and left lumbar (cabal/ aortic)
Preaortic lymph nodes —> at the level of the origin of testicular artery
What is the nerve supply of the testis?
- Testicular plexus of nerves —> on testicular artery
- Parasympathetic —> from vagus nerve (parasympathetic efferent and visceral afferents)
- Sympathetic: T10-11 segment of the spinal cord (Vasomotor)
What are male gonads?
Testis
Cutaneous bag protects the testis?
Scrotum
Component of the male productive system that stores and maturation of the sperms happening within that structure?
Epididymis
Is a common transport of the urine and semen?
Distal urethra
How many parts the penis has?
Has 2 parts:
Free part and root of the penis (the root is present in the perineal region). It is the organ of intercourse
Ducts that transports the sperms from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
Ductus deferens
Formed by ductus deference and duct from seminal glands (sometimes called seminal vesicles)
Ejaculatory duct
Where is the testis located?
Located within this cutaneous/ skin bag (the scrotum)
What is posterior to the testes?
Epididymis
What is superior to testes?
Spermatic cord
What are parts of epididymis?
Head
Body
Tail
Talk about the tail of epididymis?
The tail of epididymis is continuous as the ductus deference and it passes through the inguinal canal in the anterior abdominal wall and then it enters the pelvic cavity crossing the external iliac vessels then
Then it runs in the lateral pelvic wall and reaches the posterior surface of Urinary bladder, then it forms the ampulla and joins the duct coming from the seminal vesicle together forming the ejaculatory duct and that ejaculatory duct passing through the prostate gland then it continues with urethra that lead to the external genital organ (root of the penis and the body of the penis) to the distal part of urethra
What is the pathway of sperm movement?
Tail of epididymis —> ductus deference —> passing the inguinal canal —> anterior abdominal wall —> enters the pelvic cavity crossing the external iliac vessels —> runs in the lateral pelvic wall —> reaches the posterior surface of urinary bladder —> firms the ampulla —> joins the duct coming from the seminal vesicles —> forming ejaculatory duct —> ejaculatory duct passing through the prostate gland —> continues with the urethra —> external genital organs
Why is it called urogenital system?
Bcz the distal part of the urethra (there is prostatic urethra and spongy urethra) they are common for urinary system and genital system
What part of the testes secretes testosterone?
It is secreted by interstitial cells of leydig cells and other cells in the testis
Why is the testis located outside the abdominal cavity?
Because spermatogenesis needs a lower temperature than the body temperature
Is a triangular opening in the external oblique muscles?
Superficial inguinal ring
What emerges from the superficial inguinal ring?
Spermatic cord —> spermatic cord has several layer
What suspends the testis within the scrotal sac?
Spermatic cord
What structures the spermatic cord contains?
- Vas deference
- Pampiniform plexus of veins (which drain the testes)
- Testicular artery —> along the ductus deference we can see the artery to the ductus deference
What suspends the structures within the spermatic cord?
All these structures are surrounded by several layers which are derived from the anterior abdominal wall surrounded by several layers which are derived from the anterior abdominal wall ( particularly the aponeurosis of the external oblique and internal oblique muscles and the fascia covering the inner aspect of the abdominal wall (fascia transversal is) —>
These layers of the spermatic cord extends to the croton forming the coverings of the testes
Why is the surface of the testes smooth?
This is bcz it is covered by visceral layer of the tunica vaginalis
Is the layer derived from the processes vaginalis which is part of the peritoneal cavity which passes through the inguinal canal before the descents of the testes?
Tunica vagjnalis
How many layers the tunica vaginalis has?
It has two layers :
Visceral
Parietal
What two muscles regulate the temperature of testes? And how?
- Dartos muscle —> makes the skin contract in cold weather
- Cremaster muscle —> contracts and bring the testis closer to the body in cold temperature
Net effect: —> maintain temperature of testis
What covers tunica albuginea?
Tunica vaginalis
What covers the inner aspect of several scrotal layers?
The parietal layer of tunica vaginalis
What lines the inner part of scrotal sac?
Parietal part of tunica vaginalis
Why is the testis movable inside the cavity of tunica vaginalis?
Because of serous fluid
What separate two scrotal sacs?
They are separated from each other by median septum
What we see within each lobule?
We have the seminiferous tubules
What is the end of seminiferous tubules?
Straight tubules
What does straight tubules unite to form?
Rete testis
After rete testes what we will have?
Efferent ductules of tested
Is a single tubular duct coiled several times within the scrotum
It is the the coiled part of ductus deference
Epididymis
Is a structure that mainly contains a plexus of veins called the pampiniform plexus of veins
Ductus deference
Testicular artery —> supplying the testes and epididymis
Spermatic cord
Why is the artery of the testis a branch of abdominal aorta?
Because the testis first was in the abdomen then it descende d
What surrounds the testicular artery?
It is surrounded by plexus of lymphatics
If the testicular artery is blocked will the testis still get blood supply?
And how and why?
Yes, it will still get blood supply because it anastomoses with the artery to ductus deference
Testicular veins explain the concept?
The testicular veins and veins of epididymis form the pampiniform of venous plexus.
Initially if you look at the posterior border of the testes several veins will be located but as u go up through the spermatic cord some of them unit.
So as they go up the spermatic cord, 4-3 networks will become 3-w then they finally by the tune they enter the superficial inguinal ring there will be 1 testicular vein that passes the inguinal canal
Which of the following give arterial supply to the testis?
a. Abdominal aorta
b. Internal iliac artery
c. Common iliac artery
d. External iliac artery
A. Abdominal aorta
A patient was examined with a left-sided varicocele; the left testicular vein drains into which of the following? A. Left renal vein B. Left internal iliac vein C. Left external iliac vein D. Inferior vena cava
A.left renal vein
Elongated structure on the posterior surface of the testis?
Epididymis
What is the number, site, and shape of the testis?
Number —> one on each side
Site —> posterolateral to testis
Shape —> comma shaped
What are the definitions and parts of the epididymis?
It is a coiled tubular structure which is formed of?
A. Head
B. Body
C. Tail
What is the function of the epididymis?
Sperms are stored and continue and to mature