Urology

Question 1

What forms the upper urinary tract?

Answer 1

The kidneys and ureters

Question 2

What forms the lower urinary tract?

Answer 2

The bladder and urethra

Question 3

What forms the male genital tract?

Answer 3

The penis, scrotum, testes and prostate

Question 4

What makes up the layers of the walls of the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder and urethra?

Answer 4

1. Urothelium (transitional epithelium)
2. lamina propria
3. Muscularis propria (called the detrusor in the bladder)
4. Adventitia (called the perivesical fat in the bladder).

Question 5

What are the different zones of the prostate gland?

Answer 5

• Transitional
• Central
• Peripheral

Question 6

What are the prostatic acini and what do they secrete?

Answer 6

Glandular structures. They secrete prostatic juice which drains into the prostatic urethra via the duct system

Question 7

What do stromal cells in the prostate contain and what are their function?

Answer 7

5 a-reductase which converts testosterone into its more potent derivative dihydrotestosterone, thereby maintaining suitable levels of androgens in the prostate.