Canine Male and Female Reproductive Structures Flashcards
What is the urethra surrounded by?
Spongyvascular tissue: corpus spongiosum
How does the corpus cavernosum become engorged?
Dogs can increase (or decrease) the blood flow by constricting the muscle
What keeps the corpus cavernosum from blowing up?
The tunica albuginea that is around the corpus cavernosum
How is the penis rooted to the back of the pelvis?
By crura that are anchored to the ischiatic tuberosities
What is the body of the penis composed of?
Corpus cavernosum
Urethra
Corpus spongiosum
What are the sections of the penis?
Root
Body
Glans (bulbus glandis and pars longa glandis in the dog)
What is the muscle around the bulb of the penis?
Bulbospongiosus muscle
Describe the retractor penis muscle
Muscle that runs down the caudal and ventral aspect that helps pull the penis back in
It comes from the anal sphincter to the body of the penis
What is the muscle that attaches from the ischium to the corpus cavernosum?
Ischiocavernosus muscle
Where is the urethral tubercle?
Vestibule, not vagina
What is the clitoris homologous to in the male?
Penis
What makes up the broad ligament?
Mesometrium
Mesovarium
Mesosalpinx
What does the mesometrium do?
Suspends muscle of the uterus
What does the mesovarium do?
Suspends ovary
What does the mesosalpinx do?
Suspends the uterine tube/oviduct
