Week 6 - The Pelvis

Question 1

Location of the kideneys

Answer 1

Posterior abdominal wall either side of the spine

Question 2

Posteiror relations to the kidney

Answer 2

Quadrants lumbonum
11th and 12th rib
Diaphragm

Question 3

Describe the path of the ureters

Answer 3

Run down the posterior abdominal wall to the bladder

Question 4

What are found at the super medial borders of the kidneys

Answer 4

Suprarenal glands

Question 5

What % of the cardiac output goes to the kidneys

Answer 5

25%

Question 6

Blood supply to the kidneys is via

Answer 6

Single pair of renal arteries

Question 7

What drains the kidney of blood, where is this blood returned to

Answer 7

Renal vein

Returned to the inferior vena cava

Question 8

What are the three zones of the kidney

Answer 8

Cortex, medulla and the renal pelvis

Question 9

What is the structural and fuctional unit of the kidney

Answer 9

Nephron

Question 10

What are cortical nephrons

Answer 10

Mainly found in the cortex

Question 11

What are juxta-meduallary nephrons

Answer 11

Found at the junction between the medulla and the cortex

Question 12

What hormones produced by the suprarenal glands

Answer 12

Adrenaline, aldosteorne, cortisol

Question 13

What are the membranes that surround the testes derived from

Answer 13

The anterior abdominal wall

Question 14

What is the epididymis

Answer 14

Coiled tube which matures the sperms and sends to the vas dferens

Question 15

Describe the location of the Vas Deferens

Answer 15

Runs along the back of the testes

Question 16

What is the function of the vas deferens during ejaculation

Answer 16

Contraction propelling the sperm into the urethra picking up the secretions from accessory sex glands

Question 17

Where are the sperm formed

Answer 17

In the seminiferous tubules

Question 18

What is the tunica albuginea

Answer 18

White/grey fibrous material which covers the testes

Question 19

What is the tunica vaginalis

Answer 19

Pouch of membrane which covers the albuginea

Question 20

Where does the bladder lie in females

Answer 20

Anterior to the uterus in the front of the pelvis

Question 21

Describe the bladder in relation to the peritoneum

Answer 21

Sub peritoneal and only has a layer of peritoneum on its upper surface

Question 22

What can be said about the location of a full bladder

Answer 22

No longer fully contained in the true pelvis

Question 23

What does the male bladder lie above

Answer 23

The prostate

Question 24

What occurs as a reuslt of parasympathetic stimulation of the bladder

Answer 24

Micturition

Question 25

What occurs as a result of sympathetic stimulation of the bladder

Answer 25

Contraction of the sphincters and continecne is maaintained

Question 26

The male hemi pelvis contains the .... of the vas deferens

Answer 26

Proximal half

Question 27

What else is contained in the male hemi pelvis

Answer 27

Seminal vesicles Prostate Urether

Question 28

What structures in the hemi pelvis are common to both sexes

Answer 28

Rectum, bladder and pelvic diaphragms

Question 29

Where do the visceral structures recieve their sympathetic ANS from

Answer 29

Hydrogastric plexus that enters the pelvis from the sympathetic chain on the posterior wall of the wall

Question 30

Where do visceral structures receive their parasympathetic supply on

Answer 30

Pelvic splanchic nerves

Question 31

Where do most of the strcutures of the pelvis recieve their blood supply from

Answer 31

The internal iliac artery

Question 32

Where does the rectum reieve its blood supply from

Answer 32

The inferior mesenteric arterty

Question 33

What is the function of the coprus spongiosum

Answer 33

Protection of the urethra at erection

Question 34

What fills with blood at erection

Answer 34

The coprus cavenosum

Question 35

What is the artery which supplies blood to the penis

Answer 35

Puedenal artery (branch of the internal iliac artery)

Question 36

What is the major nerve of the penis

Answer 36

Puedenal nerve

Question 37

Function of the seminal vesicle

Answer 37

Secrete the fluid which becomes the semen

Question 38

What is the ejaculatory duct a union of

Answer 38

Union of the vas deferens and the seminal vesicles

Question 39

Bulbourethral gland is found where? What does it secrete

Answer 39

Just below the prostate | Secretes a protein rich fluid 5% of the ejaculate

Question 40

Which part of the uterus is directed downwards? | Which part of the uterus is directed upwards?

Answer 40

The cervix | The uterus

Question 41

What are the uterine tubes covered by - how many layers

Answer 41

Double layer of ligament known as the broad ligament

Question 42

Where is sympathetic innervation of the uterus from

Answer 42

Hypogastric plexus

Question 43

Where is parasympathetic innervation of the uterus from

Answer 43

From plevic splanchic nerves

Question 44

Where is blood supply of the ovaries from | Why is it this the case?

Answer 44

Develop on the posterior abdominal wall | Take the blood supply from there as they descend down

Question 45

Where is blood supply to the vagina and uterus from

Answer 45

Branches of the internal iliac arteries

Question 46

Describe the broad ligament

Answer 46

Holds the uterus to the pelvis

Question 47

Descirbe the ovarian ligament

Answer 47

Holds to ovaries to the uterus

Question 48

Describe the supensory ligaments

Answer 48

Directed upwards over the iliac vessels - not considered to be a true ligament

Question 49

Where does the inguinal canal run from and to

Answer 49

From the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle

Question 50

What goes through the inguinal canal in males

Answer 50

The spermatic cord

Question 51

What goes through the inguinal canal in females

Answer 51

The round ligament

Question 52

Layers of the inguinal canal from innter to outer

Answer 52

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