Pelvis and perineum 2

Question 1

What 4 categories can the male reproductive system be organised into?

Answer 1

External genitalia
The gonads
The tube system
The accessory glands

Question 2

What are the gonads?

Answer 2

Where gametes/sex cells are produced

Site of male sex hormones

Question 3

What is the function of the tube system?

Answer 3

For transporting the sperm from the gonads

Question 4

What is the function of the accessory glands?

Answer 4

Support the sperm and lubricate the copulatory organs

Question 5

What organs are involved in the male reproductive system?

Answer 5

Testis 
Vas deferens or Ductus deferens 
Seminal glands
Prostate 
Epididymis
Bulbourethral glands

Question 6

Where are the gonads located?

Answer 6

Outside the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 7

What is the name of the canal that the testis pass through during development?

Answer 7

Inguinal canal

Question 8

What are the deep and superficial openings of the inguinal canal?

Answer 8

Internal/deep ring

External/superficial ring

Question 9

What is the name of the group of structures that the inguinal canal carries?

Answer 9

The spermatic cord

Question 10

What does the spermatic cord contain?

Answer 10

Protection- Pampiniform plexus 
Doesn't- Ductus Deferens 
Contribute- Cremasteric artery
To- Testicular artery
A- Artery of ductus deferens 
Good- Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
Sex- Sympathetic nerve fibres
Life- Lymphatic vessels

Question 11

What shape are the testes?

Answer 11

Ovoid

Question 12

What are the testes suspended in?

Answer 12

The scrotum

Question 13

What is the tough outer fibrous layer of the testes called?

Answer 13

Annulus

Question 14

What are the names of the two layers of tunica vaginalis that surround the testes?

Answer 14

Parietal and visceral laminae

Question 15

What material is present between the 2 layers of tunica vaginalis that surround the testes?

Answer 15

Serous fluid

Question 16

What is hydrocele?

Answer 16

Scrotum is swollen due to fluid accumulation in the sheath which surrounds the testicle

Question 17

What is hydrocele caused by?

Answer 17

Inflammation or injury within the scrotum

Question 18

What is haematocele?

Answer 18

Collection of blood in the scrotum of males

Question 19

What is the cause of a haematocele?

Answer 19

Testicular rupture (80% of cases) 
A tear in the pampiniform plexus veins

Question 20

Where is the blood supply of the testis from?

Answer 20

Abdominal aorta

Question 21

What is the name of the arteries that supply the testis?

Answer 21

Testicular arteries

Question 22

At what vertebral level do the testicular arteries branch from the abdominal aorta?

Answer 22

L2-L3

Question 23

What structures near the pelvic brim do the testicular arteries cross before going into the inguinal canal?

Answer 23

Genitofemoral nerve

Ureter

Question 24

What canal do the testicular arteries travel through?

Answer 24

Inguinal canal

Question 25

What veins are associated with the testis?

Answer 25

Pampiniform venous plexus

Question 26

What is the Pampiniform venous plexus made up of?

Answer 26

8-12 anastomosing veins

Question 27

What is the function of the pampinform plexus?

Answer 27

Absorb body heat from the testes and scrotum

Question 28

Into which vein does the right testicular vein drain?

Answer 28

Inferior vena cava

Question 29

Which vein does your left testicular vein drain into?

Answer 29

Left renal vein

Question 30

What is a varicocele?

Answer 30

Enlargement of veins within the scrotum

Question 31

What is the main cause of varicocele?

Answer 31

Defective valves within the veins

Question 32

What is testicular torsion?

Answer 32

Blood supply to testis cut off

Question 33

Which two groups of lymph nodes receive lymph from the testis?

Answer 33

Lateral lumbar nodes | Pre-aortic nodes

Question 34

Which group of lymph nodes drain the prostate?

Answer 34

Internal iliac nodes | Sacral nodes

Question 35

Which group of lymph nodes drain the seminal vesicle?

Answer 35

Internal iliac nodes | External iliac nodes

Question 36

Which group of lymph nodes drain the scrotum?

Answer 36

Superficial inguinal nodes

Question 37

Which group of lymph nodes drain the penis?

Answer 37

Deep inguinal lymph nodes

Question 38

Where is the epididymis?

Answer 38

Attached to the body of the testis

Question 39

What is the function of the epididymis?

Answer 39

Stores sperm that is produced by the testis

Question 40

What is the vas deferens?

Answer 40

Muscular tube | Arises from the tail of the epididymis

Question 41

What does the vas deferens terminate to form?

Answer 41

Ejaculatory duct

Question 42

How does the vas deferens join the pelvis?

Answer 42

By crossing over the external iliac vessels

Question 43

What are the seminal glands?

Answer 43

Paired structures located on either side of the posterior surface of the bladder

Question 44

What do the seminal vesicles produce?

Answer 44

Semenogelin

Question 45

What is produced by the prostate gland?

Answer 45

Prostaglandins

Question 46

What is another name for the bulbourethral glands?

Answer 46

Cowper's glands

Question 47

What are the bulbourethral gland?

Answer 47

Small, paired structures

Question 48

Where are the bulbourethral glands?

Answer 48

Urogenital diaphragm

Question 49

What do the bulbourethral glands empty into?

Answer 49

Penile/ spongy urethra

Question 50

What do the bulbourethral glands produce?

Answer 50

Cowper's fluid-alkaline mucus like fluid