PELVIC VISCERA

Question 1

What are the pelvic viscera

Answer 1

Anatomical structures located below the superior pelvic aperture includes

• Rectum and anal canal
• Uterus, ovaries, and vagina
• Urinary bladder, ureter, prostate, seminal vesicles, ductus deference, and urethra
• nerve plexuses

Question 2

The distal part of the rectum expands to form ___ _

Answer 2

rectal ampula

Question 3

What causes the urge for defecation

Answer 3

The entrance of fecal substances into the rectal ampula

Question 4

How long is the anal canal

Answer 4

4cm

Question 5

What is the distal end of the anal canal surrounded by

Answer 5

2 sphincters internal and external

Question 6

Where is the urinary bladder located

Answer 6

within true pelvis behind the pubic bones

Question 7

What are the 4 surfaces of the bladder

Answer 7

• Superior
• Posterior
• 2 infero-lateral

Question 8

What is the bladder drained by

Answer 8

the urethra

Question 9

Where is the urethra found?

Answer 9

Starting at base of bladder and ending at the external opening
In females: embedded in anterior wall of vagina
In males: surrounded by prostrate and then passes through a muscular layer below pelvic diaphragm and then enter corpus spongiosum

Question 10

What are the seminal vesicals

Answer 10

two small glands on posterior surface of bladder

Question 11

What is the function of the seminal vesicals

Answer 11

to produce fluid which contributes to the volume of semen

Question 12

What are the testees? what are they composed of?

Answer 12

two oval structures in the scrotum

Composed of seminiferous tubules surrounded by a thick capsule

Question 13

What is the spermatic cord

Answer 13

the blood vessels, nerves, and vas deferences of each testee which descends with it in the embryonic period

Question 14

What does the prostate do

Answer 14

contributes to the volume of semen

Question 15

What are the ovaries attached to? by what ligaments?

Answer 15

the posterior surface of a ligament which is stretched between the lateral surface of the uterus and inner surface of pelvic wall called the broad ligament
Also attached to lateral wall of uterus by the ovarian ligaments

Question 16

Ovaries are surrounded by ____

Answer 16

finger like projections called fimbria at the end of the unterine tube

Question 17

What are the components of the uterus

Answer 17

fundus, body and neck

Question 18

What is the uterus related to

Answer 18

urinary bladder, loops of SI , and rectum

Question 19

What are the superior angles of uterus connected with

Answer 19

uterine tubes

Question 20

What is the internal cavity of the uterus continuous with

Answer 20

the lumen of uterine tube and vagina

Question 21

What mainly stabilized the uterus position

Answer 21

round ligament

Question 22

What is at the ends of the uterine tubes

Answer 22

expanded trumpet-shaped end that ends to small fingerlike projections known as fimbriae

Question 23

Medial to the infundibulum of the uterus the tube expands to form the ____ and then narrows to form the ___ _

Answer 23

ampulla

Isthmus

Question 24

Where are ovulated eggs fertilized

Answer 24

in the ampulla

Question 25

What stimulates the movement of the fimbria

Answer 25

the high levels of estrogen at the time of ovulation

Question 26

What occurs if estrogen levels are too low

Answer 26

no movement of fimbria - infertile

Question 27

What does the internal/proximal end of the vagina surround

Answer 27

the uterine cervix

Question 28

What forms the fornix (vaginal)

Answer 28

the proximal end of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix

Question 29

The vaginal canal is normally _____

Answer 29

collapsed

Question 30

What is the peritoneum

Answer 30

a serous membrane that covers either partially or completely the abdomincal and pelvic viscera

Question 31

What are organs that are completely surrounded by peritoneum called… they are attached to?

Answer 31

intra-peritoneal

Posterior abdominal/pelvic wall

Question 32

What is the peritoneum of the small intesting called?

Answer 32

mesentery

Question 33

What is the peritoneum of the transverse and sigmoid colon called

Answer 33

mesocolon

Question 34

What is the peritoneum of the uterus and uterine tube called

Answer 34

broad ligament

Question 35

what are organs which are only covered anteriorly by peritoneum called ? are they fixed or mobile

Answer 35

retro-peritoneum

Fixed to the posterior abdominal wall