Repro: Male Flashcards
Long muscular tube. Conveys urine from the urinary bladder to the exterior through the ____________, located at the tip of the glans penis.
Male urethra. External urethral orifice.
External male genital organs
Penis & Scrotum
Measurement of the male urethra
15-20cm long
Part engulfed by the prostate. In normal men, it is the widest part of the urethra. Starts after the bladder neck and ends at the urogenital diaphragm. The posterior wall has a median longitudinal ridge called the __________.
Prostatic urethra. Urethral crest.
In urethral crest, groove on each side called __________. On the middle is the _________ or the ______.
Prostatic sinuses. Seminal colliculus. Verumontarum.
After the prostatic urethra. Shortest portion also the thinnest and most prone to damage. This is compressed by the ___________ which is responsible for the maintenance of urinary continence.
Membranous urethra. Urogenital diaphragm.
Measurement of membranous urethra
1-2cm
Longest part of the urethra. Starts at the bulb of the penis through the corpus spongiosum and ends at the meatus. There are small ____________ in the proximal end.
Spongy urethra. Bulbourethral glands.
Arterial supply of the spongy urethra is through the ________, while venous drainage is throught the ________. Bothe are supplied/drained by their corresponding _________.
Bulbar artery. Bulbar veins. Internal pudendals.
The male organ of copulation and is the common outlet for both urine & semen.
Penis
Layers of the penis
Skin, Superficial (dartos) fascia, Deep (buck’s) fascia & Tunica albugine “SSDT”
Contains the dorsal veins
Superficial/Dartos fascia
Contains the dorsal arteries & nerves, and the corpus spongiosum.
Deep/Buck’s fascia
Encloses the two corpora cavernosa
Tunica albuginea
Two layers of the tunica albuginea
Outer longitudinal layer & Inner circular layer
The ______ is composed of three cylindrical bodies of erectile tissue called _______, enclosed by a dense white fibrous capsule called __________.
Penis. Corpora. Tunica albuginea.
Three erectile cavernous tissues
Corpus spongiosum & Corpora cavernosa(2)
In corporal bodies, the paired _________ lie side-by-side, fused medially & separate posteriorly forming the ______.
Corpora cavernosa. Two crura.
The crura are attached on the each side to the conjoint rami of the _______ & ________.
Pubis & Ischium.
Ventral to the corpora cavernosa is the
Corpus spongiosum
The posterior portion of the corpora spongiosum is called the
Bulb of the penis
The spongy urethra is within the
Corpus corpora spongiosum
The most distal portion of the corpus spongiosum is the
Glans penis
Has the greatest concentration of sensory nerve endings in the penis.
Glans
The margin of the glans is called
Corona
Distal portion of the glans is the
External urethral orifice or meatus
The skin & fascia of the penis are prolonged as a free fold just underneath the neck of the penis called the ______ which is excised during circumcision.
Prepuce
Is a median fold passing from the prepuce up to the meatus.
Frenulum
________ is made possible due to the spongy tissue of the _________ which consists of interlacing and intercommunicating spaces which is filled with arterial blood during erection.
Erection. Cavernous bodies.
From the membranous layer of subcutaneous tissue of the lower abdomen (scarpa’s fascia)
Fundiform ligament
Thick triangular fibroelastic band that keeps the penis pointed up during erection. Attached to the deep fascia and the anterior symphysis pubis.
Suspensory ligament
Arterial supply of the penis are from the
Internal pudendal nerve
Artery that runs superior to the corpora cavernosa
Dorsal artery
Artery that pierce the crus & rum within the corpus cavernosa.
Deep arteries
Arterial branches that open into the cavernous spaces.
Helicine or Circumflex arteries
Blood from the cavernous spaces is drained by _________. Then they drain into the ________ located in the deep fascia. This drains into the __________.
Venous plexi. Deep dorsal vein. Prostatic venous plexus.
Blood from the spongiosum drains into the ________ which go into the internal pudendal veins.
Bulbourethral & Bulbar veins
Drains into the superficial external pudendal veins
Superficial dorsal veins
Most of the lymph drainage of the penis is in the
Superficial Inguinal lymph nodes
Vessels from the glans drains into the
Deep inguinal lymph nodes
Gives rise to the dorsal nerve of the penis & the perineal nerve.
Pudendal nerve
Supplies both the skin and the glans.
Dorsal nerve
From the inferior hypogastric or in pelvic plexus. Stimulation of the cavernous nerves induces erection
Cavernous nerves
Sympathetic stimulation, causes the clonic spasms of the __________ muscle, innervated by the perineal branch of the pudendal nerve.
Ejaculation. Bulbospongiosus.