Physical Examination of the Male Genitalia

Question 1

what does the male genitalia consist of?

Answer 1

penis, testicles, epididymides, scrotum, prostate gland, and semincal vesicles.

Question 2

what becomes engorged during erections?

Answer 2

the corpora cavernosa

Question 3

how much blood fills the corpus cavernosa during erection?

Answer 3

20 to 50 mL

Question 4

what is an orgasm?

Answer 4

emission of the vans deferens, epididymitis, prostate, and seminal vesicles

Question 5

at which week are genitalia the same for males and females?

Answer 5

8 weeks

Question 6

at how many weeks is differentiation of exterior genitalia in gestation?

Answer 6

12 weeks

Question 7

at which trimester do the testes descend into the scrotum

Answer 7

third trimester

Question 8

the prepuce is usually not able to retract from the glans until what age?

Answer 8

3-4 years old

Question 9

at what age does scrotal skin become red and become increasingly pendulous

Answer 9

adolescents

Question 10

what is involved in examination of the genitalia?

Answer 10

inspection, palpation, transillumination,

Question 11

what vein should be apparent on inspection in circumcised males?

Answer 11

the dorsal vein

Question 12

what is it called when the foreskin cannot be retracted?

Answer 12

phimosis

Question 13

what will you palpate on physical exam?

Answer 13

testes, epididymis, vans deferens, and prostate and seminal vesicles.

Question 14

what may cause scrotal lumps?

Answer 14

sebaceous cysts

Question 15

what is an inflammation of the foreskin called?

Answer 15

balanoposthitis

Question 16

what does a pinpoint urethral opening suggest?

Answer 16

meatal stenosis

Question 17

what does beaded or lumpy vans deferens suggest?

Answer 17

diabetes, tuberculosis, and inflammatory changes.

Question 18

testicles of a newborn are normally how many cm in diameter?

Answer 18

1 cm

Question 19

non erect newborn penis is usually how many cm in length

Answer 19

2-3 cm

Question 20

foreskin is usually FULLY retractable by the time males reach what age?

Answer 20

3-6 years of age

Question 21

a mass that does no transilluminate is suggestive of what?

Answer 21

incarcerated hernia

Question 22

a scrotum that remains flat in infants and children is indicative of what condition?

Answer 22

cryptorchidism

Question 23

a hard, enlarged painless testicle in an infant if indicative of what?

Answer 23

a tumor

Question 24

what is paraphimosis?

Answer 24

inability to replace the foreskin to its usual positing haver it has been retracted behind the glans

Question 25

what is hypospadias?

Answer 25

a congenital defect in which the urethral meatus is located on the ventral surface of the penis.

Question 26

syphilitic chancre lesions generally occur how many weeks after exposure?

Answer 26

2 weeks

Question 27

what develops typically from papovavirus and appears as soft, reddish lesions?

Answer 27

condyloma acuminatum

Question 28

what are the lesions that appear on the genitalia that appear initially as painless erosion at or near the coronal sulcus?

Answer 28

lymphogranuloma venereum

Question 29

which lesions are pearly gray, often umbilicated, smooth, dome shaped with discrete margins and are a result of an STI caused by poxyvirus?

Answer 29

molluscum contagiosum

Question 30

what is the condition called when a fibrous band in the corpus cavernosum results deviation of the penis during erection?

Answer 30

peryonie disease

Question 31

what is a nontender, smooth firm mass that results from fluid accumulation in the tunica vaginalis?

Answer 31

hydrocele

Question 32

what is a cystic swelling occurring on the epididymis?

Answer 32

spermatocele

Question 33

what is an abnormal tortuosity and dilation of the vein of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord? most commonly on the left side.

Answer 33

varicocele

Question 34

what is the uncommon condition, except as a complication of mumps in adolescents and adults?

Answer 34

orchitis (inflamed testicle)