penis / prostate Flashcards
Dense fibrous covering for penis
Buck fascia
the paired corpus cavernosa is covered by the
tunica albuginea
what anatomy contains the urethra
corpus spongiosum
Fibrous plaque (hard tissue) and scarring of tunica albuginea causing painful curvature of the
penis
Peyronie disease
Arterial insufficiency caused by proximal arterial stenosis or venous incompetence caused by
venous leak
Vasculogenic Impotence
the prostate has ___ glands that is responsible for making ___
exocrine, semen
protein produced by prostate
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
sperm pathway: deferent ducts ascends from scrotum and goes to
seminal vesicles
the seminal vesicles secrete fluid and become the
ejaculatory duct
Ejaculatory duct travels to prostate where it meets up with the ___ at the ____
urethra , verumontanum
the largest prostatic zone is
peripheral
the 2nd largest prostatic zone is the
central
what zone is located within both sides of urethra
transitional
the prostate is located __ to the bladder
posterior, inferior
___ closest to
bladder, ___ often shadowed by pubic bone on right
side of image
base, apex
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is located within the
transitional zone
Most common cancer in men.
prostate cancer
most common location for prostate cancer is the
peripheral zone
sono finding for prostate cancer
hypoechoic mass in peripheral zone
