Abdominopelvic Cavity III: Non-reproductive organs

Renal Fascia

Continuous with the transversalis fascai

Perirenal Fat

Surrounds the kidnets and the suprarenal glands
Located within the fascia

Pararenal Fat

Outside the renal fascia

The right renal artery ____ than the left

Longer

Renal Veins receive tributaries from

L Gonadal Vein
L Suprarenal Vein

First point of ureter constriction

Junction of the ureter and renal pevis

Second point of ureter constriction

Pelvic brim/internal iliac vessels

Third point of ureter constriction

Entrance into the urinary bladder

Visceral afferents to the ureter are from

T11-L2

Sympathetic innervation of kidnets

T10-12
L1-2

The right suprarenal gland contacts the

diaphragm, ivc, liver

The left suprarenal gland contacts 

diaphragm, spleen, stomach, pancreas

Adrenal cortex secretes

corticosteroids

Medulla secretes

catecholamines

Catecholamines are released by

Chromaffin cells

Sciatic Nerve

L4-S3

Pudendal Nerve 

S2-S4

Superior Gluteal Nerve

L4, L5, S1

Inferior Gluteal Nerve

L5, S1, S2

Pelvic splanchnic nerves are dervied from

S2-S4 spinal cord segments

In females, the ureters pass

directly inferior to uterine artery

In males, the ureters pass

inferior to the ductus deferens

Ureters drain directly into

Ureteric orifices

The internal urethra orifice is

only present in males

The external urethral sphincter is under control via

pudendal nerve

Internal Urethral Sphincter for males is

sympathetically controled

External urtehreal sphincters in both are under 

Voluntary Control

The intramural part of the urethra

Surrounded by the internal urethral sphincter

The prostatic part of the urethra

Located within the prostate

The penile part of the urethra

Located within the corpus spongiosum

Gonads produce

Spermatozoa and Test

Ducts 

Collect, store, and carry spermatozoa 

Seminal Vesicle, Prostate Gland

Secrete nutrients and lubricating fluid

Bulbourethral glands secrete fluid that

Lubricates the urethra for passage of semen during ejaculation

Outer fiberous covering of testis is called

the tunica albugenica

The epididymis is surrounded by

thin circual layers of smooth

Ductus Deferens ends by joining the duct of the

seminal vesicles to form the ejaculatory duct

Seminal Vesicles secrete

Thick alkaline and fructose mixture

Ejcaulatory ducts are formed by the union of

seminal vesicles and ductus deferens

Bulbourethral Glands

External urethral spinchter

Oviaries are site of

oogensis and ovulation

Fallopian tubes 

reception of male gametes for fertilization

Uterus

Development of fetus

Uterine Cervix/Vagina

Expulsion of fetus at birth

Uterine Tubes

open into the peritoneal cavity laterally near the ovary

Infunibulum

is what opens into the peritoneal cavity 

The utereus is ______ to the vagina

anteverted

The uterus is ________ to the cervix

Anteflexed