Male reproductive organs Flashcards by Becca M

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How many lobules per testis?

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About 250 lobules

Divided by septa

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What does each testis lobule have?

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1-4 highly convoluted tubules

Seminefrous tubules

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Where are spermatozoa produced?

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In seminefrous tubules

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What is the rete testis?

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A plexus of channels where seminferous tubules converge

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What are the ductuli efferentes?

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From the rete testis- 15-20 ducts emerge- ductuli efferentes

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What is the epidimis?

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Beginning of the ductus deferens (vas deferens)

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What is this?

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Testis

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What is this?

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Epidimis

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What is the function of the epidymis?

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Accumulation, storage and maturation of spermatoza

Epithelium- Pseudostratified epithelium

Very long microvilli called sterocilia

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Seminal vesicle

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What is the epithelial lining like in the seminal vesicle?

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Pseudostratified tall columnar

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What is the appearance of the seminal vesicle’s lumen?

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Highly irregular. Honeycombed appearance

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What is this?

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The prostate

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What is this?

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Vas deferens

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What is this?

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Ductus deferens

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What is the epithelium like in the ductus deferens?

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Pseudostratified columnar

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Desceibe the muscle layer of ductus deferens

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Thicked walled muscular tube.

Inner and outer longuitadinal

Intermediate circular

What is this?

Rete testis

What is the arrangement of channels in the rete testis like?

Plexiform arrangement of channels

What is the rete testis vascularisation like?

Highly vascular collagenous connective tissue containing myoid cells

What does the epithelium of the rete testis do?

Reabsorbs protein and potassium

What does the ciliary acitvity of the rete testis do?

Aid the progress of spermatozoa

Is this the pelvic inlet or outlet?

Inlet

Is this the pelvic inlet or outlet?

Outlet

What are some gender differences in the pelvis?

What is the levtor ani?

pubococcygeus + puborectalis + iliococcygeus

What are the parts of the pelvic lateral wall?

Obturator internus, tendinous arc, obturator nerve and vessels, ovaries

What does the retropubic space contain?

Areolar tissue, fat and the vesical venous plexus

What is the extraperitoneal?

A suprapubic catheter can be inserted into the bladder without piercing the peritoneum