Urogenital System

Question 1

Which vessel drains from inferior to superior into the left renal vein?

Answer 1

Left gonadal vein

Question 2

Which gland shares space within the posterior abdomen with the kidneys?

Answer 2

Adrenal gland

Question 3

Which vessel supplies blood to the majority of the pelvic organs?

Answer 3

Internal iliac artery

Question 4

What is the first, most proximal part of the male urethra called?

Answer 4

Prostatic

Question 5

What is the most anterior opening on the female pelvic floor?

Answer 5

Urethra

Question 6

In the male where do the urinary and reproductive tracts combine?

Answer 6

At the urethra

Question 7

The kidneys are retroperitoneal. What does this mean?

Answer 7

They sit behind the peritoneum

Question 8

Which kidney sits lower than the other one?

Answer 8

Right sits lower

Question 9

What are the functions of the kidney?

Answer 9

Filter waste and produce urine
Regulate blood -pressure, pH, ions, osmolarity, volume, glucose level
Hormone production - calcitrol and EPO

Question 10

What are the names for the outer and inner parts of the kidney?

Answer 10

Outer - renal cortex

Inner - renal medulla

Question 11

What is the name of the potential space between the kidney and liver?

Answer 11

Pouch of Morrison

Question 12

Where does the renal vein drain into?

Answer 12

The inferior vena cava

Question 13

From which blood vessel do the renal arteries come off?

Answer 13

Abdominal aorta

Question 14

Everyone has the same number of suprarenal arteries. T/F?

Answer 14

False - there is variation

Question 15

What is the name of the specialised entry and exit area of the urinary bladder?

Answer 15

Trigone

Question 16

What is the name of the tube that connects the testes to the urethra?

Answer 16

Vans deferens

Question 17

In embryology, where do testes begin their development?

Answer 17

In the abdomen

Question 18

What are the names of the outer and inner layers of the testes?

Answer 18

Outer - tunica vaginalis

Inner - tunica albuginea

Question 19

Through what structures does sperm pass to get fom the seminiferous tubules to the epididymis?

Answer 19

Seminiferous tubules to straight tubules to rete testes to efferent ductules to epididymis.

Question 20

Which nerves provide innervation for the prostate gland?

Answer 20

Two dorsal branches from the pudendal nerve

Question 21

What are the three parts of the male urethra called in order from most proximal to most distal?

Answer 21

Prostatic, membranous, penile

Question 22

The ovaries are not in contact with the rest of the female reproductive tract. T/F?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Ovaries contain a finite number of oocytes. T/F?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

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?

Answer 24

Fimbriae