Repro - male Flashcards
What is carried in the spermatic cord?
Vas deferns
Testicular artery
Testicular veins
+ lymphatic vessels
What is the tough outer fibrous layer of the testis?
Tunica albuginea
What are the two layers of tunica vaginalis?
Visceral
Parietal
What is a hydrocele?
Flui in testes
What is a haematocele?
Blood in testes
At what vertebral level does the blood supply arise from the abdominal aorta?
L2
What is present between the two layers of the tunica vaginalis?
Fluid
What do the testicular arteries cross before going though the inguinal canal?
Ureter
External iliac artery
What is the name of the anastomosing veins in the testis?
Pampinform plexus
What is the function of the pampiform plexus?
To cool down blood coming from the testis
Into which vein do the testicular veins drain into?
Right - IVC
Left - L. Renal vein
What is a variocele?
Swelling of the veins in the testicle
On palpation “bag of worms”
What is the lymphatic drainage of the testis?
Para-aortic nodes
Lumbar nodes
Where does the vas deferns arise?
From the epididymis
Where does the vas deferns insert?
In seminal gland
Forms the ejaculatory duct
What secretions do the seminal vesicles produce?
Seminal fluid
What secretons are formed by the prostate?
Prostate fluid
Where are the bulbourethral glands located?
In the urogenital diaphragm
What asecretions are produced by the bulbourethral glands?
Macro-proteins
Lubrication for the rest
What is the lymphatic drainage of the prostate?
Internal iliac + sacral nodes
What is the lymphatic drainage of the seminal vesicles?
External/internal iliac nodes
What is the lymphatic drainage of the scrotum?
Superficial inguinal nodes
What is the lymphatic drainage of the penis?
Internal iliac nodes
