Urogenital System Flashcards
Which vessel drains from inferior to superior into the left renal vein?
Left gonadal vein
Which gland shares space within the posterior abdomen with the kidneys?
Adrenal gland
Which vessel supplies blood to the majority of the pelvic organs?
Internal iliac artery
What is the first, most proximal part of the male urethra called?
Prostatic
What is the most anterior opening on the female pelvic floor?
Urethra
In the male where do the urinary and reproductive tracts combine?
At the urethra
The kidneys are retroperitoneal. What does this mean?
They sit behind the peritoneum
Which kidney sits lower than the other one?
Right sits lower
What are the functions of the kidney?
Filter waste and produce urine
Regulate blood -pressure, pH, ions, osmolarity, volume, glucose level
Hormone production - calcitrol and EPO
What are the names for the outer and inner parts of the kidney?
Outer - renal cortex
Inner - renal medulla
What is the name of the potential space between the kidney and liver?
Pouch of Morrison
Where does the renal vein drain into?
The inferior vena cava
From which blood vessel do the renal arteries come off?
Abdominal aorta
Everyone has the same number of suprarenal arteries. T/F?
False - there is variation
What is the name of the specialised entry and exit area of the urinary bladder?
Trigone
What is the name of the tube that connects the testes to the urethra?
Vans deferens
In embryology, where do testes begin their development?
In the abdomen
What are the names of the outer and inner layers of the testes?
Outer - tunica vaginalis
Inner - tunica albuginea
Through what structures does sperm pass to get fom the seminiferous tubules to the epididymis?
Seminiferous tubules to straight tubules to rete testes to efferent ductules to epididymis.
Which nerves provide innervation for the prostate gland?
Two dorsal branches from the pudendal nerve
What are the three parts of the male urethra called in order from most proximal to most distal?
Prostatic, membranous, penile
The ovaries are not in contact with the rest of the female reproductive tract. T/F?
True
Ovaries contain a finite number of oocytes. T/F?
True
What is the name of the small finger-like projections at the end of the uterine tubes through which oocytes move from the ovaries into the uterine tube?
Fimbriae
