Comparative Lower Urinary Tract

Question 1

The kidneys are considered ______________, in relation to their location in the body

Answer 1

retroperitoneal

Question 2

What is the muscle of the bladder wall?

Answer 2

Detrusor

Question 3

What is the type of tissue lining the bladder?

Answer 3

transitional epithelium (urothelium)

Question 4

In what part of the bladder do the ureters empty in?

Answer 4

Trigone

Question 5

What is the sympathetic innervation to the UB? Is it pre or post ganglionic?

Answer 5

Hypogastric, postganglionic

Question 6

If sympathetic innervation is turned “on”, what happens? describe muscle actions

Answer 6

storage of urine: detrusor relaxes, urethra/neck of bladder contracts

Question 7

Parasympathetic innervation to UB? Describe it

Answer 7

Preganglionic - pelvic n (detrusor contracts, urethra relaxes) = micturition

Question 8

T/F the hypogastric nerve orginates from a ganglion from the TLE

Answer 8

True

Question 9

From which enlargement/plexus does the parasympathetic innervation to the repro/urinary tract originate?

Answer 9

LSE

Question 10

The somatic innervation to the repro tract is the ______________

Answer 10

pudendal n

Question 11

If you administer a parasympathomimetic drug, what would you expect?

Answer 11

More peeing

Question 12

What is a special feature of a caprine penis?

Answer 12

Exaggerated urethral process

Question 13

Where does doe the UB attach to in the fetus?

Answer 13

Umbilicus via urachus