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What is the main fucntion of the urinary tract?

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urine passes from its production to its excretion (removal from the body)

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Part of the urinary tract

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the kidney: produces urine

Ureter - drains urine

bladder- sotres/ voids urine

detrusser muscle - contracts to empty the contents of the bladder and pushes the urine to the urethra

urethra- excretion of urine

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Upper Urinary tract involves

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kidney and ureter

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Lower urinary tract involves

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Bladder and urethra

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Where is the proximal half of the ureter located?

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in the abdomen, retroperitoneal

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What are retroperitoneal structure?

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Things that sit behind the peritoneal cavity

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Where is the kidney located?

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In the abdomen, retroperitoneal

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Where does the perineum extend to?

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floor of pelvis to the skin of the external genitalia

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Which urinary structures are located in the pelvis?

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distal ureter
bladder
urethra

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Which urinary structures are located in the perineum?

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distal urethra

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Which part of the kidney is in direct contact with the visceral peritoneum?

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Anterior surface of the kidney

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What is the hilum of the kidney?

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It is the root of the kidney, present in the medial aspect.

Arteries, veins and urinary structures enter and exit the kidney from there

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How is the artery, vein and ureter position in the hilum?

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Anterior - vein
behind vein - renal artery
most posteriorly - ureter

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What are the anterolateral abdominal wall muscles?

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external oblique, internal oblique and trasverse abdominis

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What is the uniqueness of peinephric fat?

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Liquid fat, kidney floats in it

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What are the posterior muscle layers of the kidney?

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Psos major

Left quadratis lumborum

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Where is the location of the iVC and aorta in a patient?

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Right IVC (much more anterior)
Left - Aorta
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Where are the kidneys wrt to the vertebrae? **EXAM

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Left kidney - T12 - L2

Right kidney - L1 - L3
pushed inferiorly because of the liver pushing it down

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Do the ribs protect the kidney?

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Yes and No

Ribs 11 and 12, protect it but n trauma can penetrate and cause trauma to the kidney

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How to palpate the kidney?

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Posteriorly below the right flank, just below the liver, as the patient to breathe in -> diaphragm descens along with the liver and it pushes the right kidney down -> you can trap the kidney btw your hands

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How to palpate the kidney?

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Palpate anteriorly within the RUQ

Posteriorly below the right flank, just below the liver, as the patient to breathe in -> diaphragm descens along with the liver and it pushes the right kidney down -> you can trap the kidney btw your hands

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How should the kidneys feel on palpation?

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Smooth, regular firm

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Anatomical relationships

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sits just behind the rright colonic flexure

spleen in front of the kidney

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What is the hepato-renal recess?

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Space in the peritoneal cavity btw the liver and kidney

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What is the importance of the hepato-renal recess?
Most dependent/ deepest part in the body when the patient is lying down. So if there is any abnormal fluid in the abdomen it collects in the hepatorenal recess
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Venous drainage
Rifght and left renal vein --> IVC
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Arterial supply
Right and left renal artery -> from the aorta
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Relationship btw aorta and IVC
Initially the vein is anterior and artery inferior, but as we go down and the aorta bifurcates, aorta becomes anterior
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What is the blood supply to the ureter?
Multiple arterial branches
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Lymph drainage of the kidney and ureter - **EXAM
Lumbar lymph nodes - kidney Ureter - 2 drainage Proxinmal - lumbar lymph nodes distal part - iliac lymph nodes
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How can AAA be classified?
According to the renal btw the renal arteries Infra-renal Supra-renal
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Which type of AAA is associated with renal artery stenosis (artherosclerosis)?
Infra-renal AAA | both caused by atheroscleosis
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What is the cause of renal artery stenosis?
sometimes supra-renal AAA -> can lead to the occlusion of the proximal renal artery via aneurysm
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What are a few anatominal variation in the renal system?
Two renal pelvis (usually only one) Bifid ureter Ureter sitting behind the IVC Horseshow kidney (no embryological seperation of the right and left kidney) Ectopic pelvic kidney (comes to the pelvis) Kidney only on one side (agenesis - no formation, or surgery)
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What are the two parts int he kidney?
``` Renal cortex (pink) Renal medulla (striped) ```
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Why is the renal medulla striped?
Because of the numerous amounts of nephrons(50,000) and their collecting ducts stacked up on each other
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WHat is the largest urine collecting area in the kidney?
Renal pelvis
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How does the diameter of the ducts change?
It increases from collecting duct -> renal pelvis and decreases to ureter
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Pelvi-ureteric unction
anatomical site of constriction
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What are the anatomical sites? of constriction
Pelvi-uteric unction btw the proximal and distal part of the ureter (as it changes from abdomen to pelvis) where it crosses over a bony ridge of the common iliac artery Ureteric orifice - bilaterally, opening into one ocrner of the floor of the bladder)
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Can the renal calculi be visulaised ion X-rays?
Yes, excpet in kidney stones
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What are the causes of constriction of the ureter and causing back flow?
External constriction (tumour) Internal blockage (kidney stones)
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How does constriction of the ureter present?
Spasmodic pain - unilateral, due to the constriction of the smooth muscle
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What happens if the blockage is in the bladder?
Unilateral back pressure or bilateral
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What happens if the blockage is in the urethra?
bilateral black pressure
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What happens if the urine is blocked along the urinary tract?
Glomerulus keeps producing urine until it is pushed to the point where the glomerulus stops production (renal fialure) and squishes the renal pelvis
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What is the sign of kidney failure/ blockage?
Hydronephrosis - right kindey enlargement
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What is the false pelvis?
Superior part
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What is the true pelvis?
Inferior part
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What is the point that seperates the true and false pelvis?
Pelvic rim or pelvic inlet
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What is the immportance of false pelvis?
Abdominal viscera extends into the false pelvis
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Where the proper pelvic cavity start from?
From the pelvic inlet in the true pelvis to the levator ani (floor of the pelvis)
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What is the area between the levator ani and the skin of the external genitalia?
Perineum
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Where is the bladder located?
In the true pelvis
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what is the muscle of the pelvic floor?
Levator ani
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Why does the ureter change its direction as it eneters the bladder?
Changes its direction in an infero-medial direction to prevent the reflux of urine
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Why is the ureter route called sub-peritoneal?
Below the peitoneum, once they are in the true cavity they are below the periotneum hence the name
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Most dependent part of the peritoneal cavity in men when a person is standing up
Recto-vesicalpouch in male
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Vesioc-uterine pouch
Shallow pouch
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Deepest pouch of the peritoneal cavity in the females
Recto-uterine pouch/ pouch of Douglass
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Anatomical relations of the pelvic uterus in females
Uterine artery - ureter sits behind the artery "water under the bridge: Important in histerectomy - ligation of the uterine artery *if the ureter crossed it can cause renal failure
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Anatomical relation in males
Ureter sits posterior ti the vas deferens
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*Key arteries come from where
common iliac artery - from the internal -> vesical arteries (supply bladder), uterine artery, middle rectal artery, vaginal artery, prostatic arteries external iliac artery - femoral artery
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The bladder structure location
Sub-peritoneal
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What is the ureteric orificies?
ureter enters the bladder
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What is the internal uretheral orificies?
Single opening into the urethra
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What is the smooth triangular are in the bladder?
Trigone of the bladder
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What is the muscle of the bladder?
Detrusor muscle - has external muscles which surround the ureteric orifices which encircle it and when the bladder contracts we don't want the urine to go up the ureter (the extra fibres close off the ureteric orifices)
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What is the use of the internal urethral sphincter muscle?
To ensure that the semen that is enjaculates if passed down into the urethra and not refluxed back into the bladder
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Who has the internal urethral sphicter muscle?
Men ONLY
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What is an antiflexed uterus?
Normal
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Where is the bladder present in both men and women?
Most anterior organ in the pelvis - just behind the pubic symphysis
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How should supra-pubic catheterisation done?
Only with a full bladder - or else it will penetrate the peritoneal cavity! hence do it only on a full stomach!!!
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What is the significance of the external urethral sphincter?
Same place as the levator ani muscle hence anything below external urethral muscle/ levator ani - true pelvis If below it -> perineum
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What is the corpus spongiosum?
Where the spondy urethra us
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Where are the sperms produced?
Testicles
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Where are the sperms stored?
epididymis
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Route of the sperm
testciles -> epidydymis epididymis -> vas deferens -> inguinal cavity -> behind the bladder -> seminal glands (joins with it) --> ejaculatory duct -> prostate gland -> prostatic urethra
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Where was the testes present during the embryological development?
Posterior abdomen through the inguinal canal to the scrotum. Descended with the spermatic cordd (arterial and venous supplyy, vas deferens)
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What is the tunica vaginalis?
Testicle pushes its way into the tunica- abdominal wall --> descended down into the scrotum and dragged with them: spca vaginalis Parietal layer - around the scrotum Visceral layer- in contact with the testcile
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What is a hydrocoele?
Abnormal fluid within the tunica vaginalis
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Venous drianage to the testicle
Pampiniform venous plexus
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Arterial supply to the testicle
Righ testicular artery
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What does the spermatic cord contain?
the vas deferens, testicular artery & pampiniform plexus, nerves
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What can torsion of the spermatic cord lead to?
Disrupt the blood supply to the testis: severe pain danger of testicular necrosis (cell death)
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Female equivalent of the testicular artery
ovarian artery and ovarian vein | gonadal artery and gonadal vein
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Where do the gonadal arteries arise from?
Aorta
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Where do the veins drain to?
Right gonadal vein - IVC left gonandal vein - renal vein and via it to IVC
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How does the vas deferens enter the abdominal cavity?
via the deep ring of the inguinal canal
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location of the vas deferens and ureter
ureter behind the vas deferens - water under the bridge
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What are the openings to the prostatic urethra?
For: prostatic ducts prostatic urethra opening to ejaculatory ducts
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How can the prostate gland be palpated?
digital rectal examination - to palpate the peripheral zone
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What is the importance of palpating the peripheral zone?
where prostatic cancer develops
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What are the 3 parts of erectile tissue in the penis?
2 Corpus cavalosum | corpus spongiosum
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What happens during an erection?
blood fills the erectile tissue
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Blood supply to the penis
Internal iliac artery - deep arteries of the penis
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Blood supply to the scrotum
Dual supply blood from both internal and external iliac artery
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Lymphatic drainage of the scrotum, testicle and penis **EXAM
Scrotum and penis - Superficial inguinal region testicles - lumbar nodes (due to the embryological origins of the testicle)
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Is the epipdidmymis inside or outside the tunica vaginalis?
It is covered by the tunican vaginalis
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Where is the epididymis palpated?
Posterior to the testis, at the superior pole of the testis
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Where is the vas deferens palpated?
In the scrotum ,within the spermatic cord superior to the testis
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What are the two zones in the prostate gland?
2 peripheral zones | 1 centrl zone
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What is the importance of the peripheral zone of the prostate gland?
Higher likelihood of development of prostatic cancers in the PZ
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Which part of the prostate gland can be felt on a PR exam?
the PZ
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what is the ejaculatory duct?
It is the combined duct with the secretions of both vas deferens and the seminal vesicles

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