2.6 MGT: Accessory Glands of the Male Dog

PROSTATE GLAND

VESICULAR GLANDS

BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS (Cowper’s gland)

name the accessory glands of the male dog (3)

PROSTATE GLAND

• Lies on the floor of the pelvis surrounding the urethra

• It has a visible body part and a disseminate part.

• The ductus deferens runs through the gland to open into a papilla, colliculus seminalis in the dorsal part of pelvic urethra

• The prostatic duct opens into the entire length of the pelvic urethra

rectum

symphysis pubis

abdominal wall

• the prostate gland is bounded dorsally by___; ventrally by ___ ___ and ventral ___ ___

VESICULAR GLANDS

• Paired structures located dorsolateral to the bladder neck

• They secrete alkaline fluid rich in fructose into the urethra

BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS (Cowper’s gland)

• Paired glands on the dorsocaudal aspect of the pelvic proximal urethra near the bulb of the penis

• Prostatic artery

• Artery of the ductus deferens

• Middle rectal artery

• Prostatic veins

• Urethral veins

• Hypogastric nerve

• Pelvic nerve

name the vessels and nerves of the accessory glands of the male dog (7)

Artery of the ductus deferens

where the caudal vesicle artery arises