Pelvis

Question 1

Ureter

Answer 1

Two tubes act to transport urine from kidney to bladder

Uteric walls comprised of smooth muscle producing peristaltic waves to propel urine to bladder

Question 2

Suprarenal glands

Answer 2

Paired endocrine glands situated over each kidney

Secrete steroid and catecholamines hormones directly into the blood

Question 3

Inguinal canal

Answer 3

Short pathway through abdominal wall, just above inguinal ligament
Serves as pathway to external genitalia

Question 4

InInguinal canal superior wall

Answer 4

Internal oblique and transverses abdomens muscles

Question 5

Inguinal canal anterior wall

Answer 5

Internal and external oblique aponeuroses

Question 6

Inguinal canal lower wall

Answer 6

Inguinal and lacunar ligament

Question 7

Inguinal canal posterior wall

Answer 7

Transversals fascia

Question 8

Deep internal ring

Answer 8

Found above inguinal ligament midpoint, lateral to epigastric vessels. created by transversals fascia, forms covering of contents

Question 9

Superficial external ring

Answer 9

Marks the end of the inguinal canal, and lies just superior to the pubic tubercle. Triangle shaped opening formed by evagination of the external oblique.

Question 10

Inguinal canal contents

Answer 10

Spermatic cord, round ligament

Question 11

Indirect inguinal Hernia

Answer 11

Where the peritoneal sac enters the inguinal canal through the deep inguinal ring

Question 12

Direct inguinal hernia

Answer 12

Where the peritoneal sac enters the sac through it’s posterior wall

Question 13

The spermatic cord

Answer 13

A collection of vessels, nerves and ducts that run to and from the testes, surrounded by fascia.
Formed at the deep inguinal ring, passes through the inguinal canal and enters the scrotum

Question 14

Vas deferens

Answer 14

Straight, thick muscular tube that conveys sperm from the epididymis to the ampulla and eventually the ejaculatory duct

Question 15

Labia majora

Answer 15

Two hair-bearing external folds, mebryologically derived from labioscrotal swellings. Fuse posteriorly and extend anteriorly to the mons pubis

Question 16

Labia minora

Answer 16

Two hairless folds of skin, embryologically derives from urethral folds and found within the labia majora. Fuse anteriorly to form the prepuce of the clitoris and extend posteriorly either side of the vaginal opening

Question 17

Broad ligament

Answer 17

A flat sheet of peritoneum, associated with the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Extends from the lateral pelvic walls on both sides and folds over the internal genitalia

Question 18

Ovarian ligament

Answer 18

Attached to the ovary inferiorly. Connects ovary to the side of the uterus. A fibrous band of tissue that lies within the broad ligament. Joins uterus just below fallopian tubes

Question 19

Suspensory ligaments

Answer 19

Extends outwards from the ovary to the lateral ovarian wall, consists of a fold of peritoneum. Function is to contain ovarian vessels and nerves

Question 20

Round ligament

Answer 20

Remnant of embryological gubernaculum. Originates at uterine tubes and attaches to the labia marjora.