Repro

Question 1

What type of joint is the scaroilliac joint

Answer 1

Synovial plane joint

Question 2

What type of joint is the pubic symphysis

Answer 2

Secondary cartilaginous joint

Question 3

Compare the male and female pelvic inlet

Answer 3

Male = Heart shaped 
Female = Oval and rounded

Question 4

Compare male and female subpubic angle

Answer 4

Male = Acute 
Female = Obtuse

Question 5

Compare male and female obturator foramen

Answer 5

Male = Round 
Female = Oval

Question 6

Subdivisions of levator Ani (ant. to post.)

Answer 6

Puborectalis
Pubococcygeus
Iliococcygeus

Question 7

2 major parts of the pelvic diaphragm/floor

Answer 7

Levator ani

Coccygeus

Question 8

Function of pelvic floor

Answer 8

Maintains continence
Maintains optimal intra-abdo pressure
Relaxation of it allows passage of urine and faeces

Question 9

What a. supply the bladder

Answer 9

Sup. and inf. vesical a.

Question 10

What a. supplies the prostate and seminal gland

Answer 10

Sup. and inf vesical a.

Question 11

What does the uterine a supply

Answer 11

Uterus
Uterine tubes
Vagina
Pelvic part of ureter

Question 12

What does the gonadal a supply

Answer 12

Ovaries/testicles

Aka ovarian/testicular a.

Question 13

What does the sup rectal a supply

Answer 13

Sup 1/3 of rectum

Question 14

What do middle and inf rectal a supply

Answer 14

Inf 2/3 of rectum

Question 15

What does the vaginal a supply

Answer 15

Vagina and inf bladder

Question 16

What a supplies the perineum

Answer 16

Internal pudendal

Question 17

What does the obturator a supply

Answer 17

Head of femur

Obturators externus

Question 18

What part of the rectum trains into the portal circulation

Answer 18

Sup 1/3

Question 19

What part of the rectum drains into the systemic circulation

Answer 19

Inf 2/3

Question 20

What do the veins around the prostate form

Answer 20

Prostatic venous plexus, which communicates with the vesical plexus

Question 21

Spinal level of genitofemoral nerve

Answer 21

L1-2

Question 22

Spinal level of ilioinguinal nerve

Answer 22

L1

Question 23

What is supplied by the genital branch of the genitofemoral n

Answer 23

Cremaster muscle

Ant. Scrotal skin

Question 24

Clinical significance of genital branch for the genitofemoral n

Answer 24

Responsible for cremasteric reflex
Which is absent in testicular torsion
May be damaged during hernia repairs
May be absent in MND

Question 25

Level of pudendal nerve

Answer 25

S2, 3, 4

Question 26

Bony landmark used when performing pudendal nerve block

Answer 26

Ischial spine | Just below and medial

Question 27

What innervates erectile tissues in males and females

Answer 27

Parasympathetic fibres from S2, 3, 4 | Via the hypogastric plexus

Question 28

What innervates the vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and epididymis

Answer 28

Sympathetic fibres from L1-2 | Via hypogastric plexus

Question 29

What innervates the female genital tract

Answer 29

Sympathetic fibres from the ovarian plexus | Parasympathetic fibres from pelvic splanchnic nerves (S2, 3, 4)

Question 30

Erectile tissues in male and females

Answer 30

``` Males = Corpora cavernosa of penis Female = Clitoris ```

Question 31

Contents of the spermatic cord

Answer 31

Vas deferens Cremasteric a + v Testicular a

Question 32

Tough outer fibrous layer of testis

Answer 32

Tunica vanginalis | Tunica albuginea is the inner layer

Question 33

2 layers do the tunica vanginalis

Answer 33

Visceral and parietal lamina

Question 34

What level do the testicular aa arise from the abdo aorta

Answer 34

L2

Question 35

What is the term for the 8-12 anastomosing veins around the testis

Answer 35

Pampiriform plexus

Question 36

Where do the right and left testicular veins drain into

Answer 36

``` Right = IVC Left = Left renal vein ```

Question 37

What is a varicocele

Answer 37

Dilatation of the pampiriform plexus

Question 38

2 LN groups that drain the testis

Answer 38

Lumbar | Para aortic

Question 39

What is produced by seminal vesicles

Answer 39

Alkaline fluid (70-85% of semen)