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NUR 218 EXAM #6 Exam Questions 100%
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What are the major structures of the male internal and external genitalia? - answer✔Penis
- Corpora cavernosa
- Corpus Spongiosum
- Glans
- Corona
- Urethra
- Foreskin
Scrotum:
- Rugae
- Cremaster muscle
- Testis
- Epididymis
- Vas deferens
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Inguinal area
- inguinal ligament
- inguinal canal
- femoral canal
What are the 3 cylindric columns of erectile tissue in the penis? - answer✔Two corpora
cavernosa on the dorsal side and the corpus spongiosum ventrally
What is located at the distal end of the shaft the corpus apongiosum and expands into a cone of
erectile tissue? - answer✔the Glans
What is the shoulder where the glans joins the shaft? - answer✔Corona
What is the conduit for both the genital and urinary systems AND transverses the corpus
spongiosum and its meatus forms a slit at the glans tip? - answer✔Urethra
What is located over the glans which the skin folds in and back on itself, forming a hood or flap-
often is surgically removed shortly after birth by circumcision? - answer✔Foreskin AKA
prepuce
What is a loose protective sac which is a continuation of the abdominal wall? - answer✔Scrotum
What is the thin skin lying in folds in the scrotal wall and after adolescence the scrotum becomes
deeply pigmented and has large sebaceous follicles? - answer✔Rugae
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What controls the size of the scrotum by responding to ambient temperature? -
answer✔Cremaster muscle
**Elevates and descends to keep the testes a 3 degrees C below abdominal temperature which is
best temperature for producing sperm**
What is the name of the scrotal halves that produce sperm? - answer✔Testis
What is the shape of the testes and dimensions? - answer✔Solid oval shape which is compressed
laterally and measured 4-5 cm long by 3 cm wide in the adult
What is the coiled duct system that caps the testicle and transports and stores sperm that is
produced in the testis? - answer✔Epididymis
What is mascular duct that combines with other vessels to form the spermatic cord, runs up the
inguinal canal of the abdomen, behind the bladder where join the seminal vesicle to form the
ejaculatory duct that empties into the urethra? - answer✔Vas deferns
What is the groin in the juncture of the lower abdominal wall and the thigh, holds the inguinal
canal, a narrow tunnel passing obliquely between layer of the abdominal muscle, 4-6 cm long in
adult? - answer✔Inguinal area
What are some developmental differences in the infants male genitalia? - answer✔Infants:
- prenatally the testes develop in the abdominal cavity near the kidneys
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- later months of gestation the testes migrate, pushing abdominal wall in front of them and
dragging the vas deferens, blood vessels, and nerves behind
- testes descend along the inguinal canal into the scrotum before birth
- As birth, testes measure 1.5-2 cm long and 1 cm wide
- only a slight size increase occurs during prepubertal years
What are some developmental differences in the aging adult male genitalia? - answer✔- older
man doesnt experience a definite end to fertility as the women does
- production of sperm decreases around 40 y/o, although continuing in 80s - 90s
- testosterone productions decline after age 30 but very gradually, so resulting physical changes
are not evident until later
- amount of pubic hair decreases and turns gray
- penis size decreases
- due to decreased tone of dartos muscle, the scrotal contents hang lower, the rugae decrease, and
the scrotum looks pendulous
- testes decrease in size and less firm to palpation
- prostate gland surrounding the upper urethra undergoes expected tissue hyperplasia in about
80% of men over 60 y/o
- While not cancer, BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia ca
10/11/2024 1:41 PM
NUR 218 EXAM #6 Exam Questions 100%
Solved.
What are the major structures of the male internal and external genitalia? - answer✔Penis
- Corpora cavernosa
- Corpus Spongiosum
- Glans
- Corona
- Urethra
- Foreskin
Scrotum:
- Rugae
- Cremaster muscle
- Testis
- Epididymis
- Vas deferens
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Inguinal area
- inguinal ligament
- inguinal canal
- femoral canal
What are the 3 cylindric columns of erectile tissue in the penis? - answer✔Two corpora
cavernosa on the dorsal side and the corpus spongiosum ventrally
What is located at the distal end of the shaft the corpus apongiosum and expands into a cone of
erectile tissue? - answer✔the Glans
What is the shoulder where the glans joins the shaft? - answer✔Corona
What is the conduit for both the genital and urinary systems AND transverses the corpus
spongiosum and its meatus forms a slit at the glans tip? - answer✔Urethra
What is located over the glans which the skin folds in and back on itself, forming a hood or flap-
often is surgically removed shortly after birth by circumcision? - answer✔Foreskin AKA
prepuce
What is a loose protective sac which is a continuation of the abdominal wall? - answer✔Scrotum
What is the thin skin lying in folds in the scrotal wall and after adolescence the scrotum becomes
deeply pigmented and has large sebaceous follicles? - answer✔Rugae
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10/11/2024 1:41 PM
What controls the size of the scrotum by responding to ambient temperature? -
answer✔Cremaster muscle
**Elevates and descends to keep the testes a 3 degrees C below abdominal temperature which is
best temperature for producing sperm**
What is the name of the scrotal halves that produce sperm? - answer✔Testis
What is the shape of the testes and dimensions? - answer✔Solid oval shape which is compressed
laterally and measured 4-5 cm long by 3 cm wide in the adult
What is the coiled duct system that caps the testicle and transports and stores sperm that is
produced in the testis? - answer✔Epididymis
What is mascular duct that combines with other vessels to form the spermatic cord, runs up the
inguinal canal of the abdomen, behind the bladder where join the seminal vesicle to form the
ejaculatory duct that empties into the urethra? - answer✔Vas deferns
What is the groin in the juncture of the lower abdominal wall and the thigh, holds the inguinal
canal, a narrow tunnel passing obliquely between layer of the abdominal muscle, 4-6 cm long in
adult? - answer✔Inguinal area
What are some developmental differences in the infants male genitalia? - answer✔Infants:
- prenatally the testes develop in the abdominal cavity near the kidneys
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- later months of gestation the testes migrate, pushing abdominal wall in front of them and
dragging the vas deferens, blood vessels, and nerves behind
- testes descend along the inguinal canal into the scrotum before birth
- As birth, testes measure 1.5-2 cm long and 1 cm wide
- only a slight size increase occurs during prepubertal years
What are some developmental differences in the aging adult male genitalia? - answer✔- older
man doesnt experience a definite end to fertility as the women does
- production of sperm decreases around 40 y/o, although continuing in 80s - 90s
- testosterone productions decline after age 30 but very gradually, so resulting physical changes
are not evident until later
- amount of pubic hair decreases and turns gray
- penis size decreases
- due to decreased tone of dartos muscle, the scrotal contents hang lower, the rugae decrease, and
the scrotum looks pendulous
- testes decrease in size and less firm to palpation
- prostate gland surrounding the upper urethra undergoes expected tissue hyperplasia in about
80% of men over 60 y/o
- While not cancer, BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia ca
