NURS 8020 MALE AND FEMALE
REPRODUCTIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Penis anatomy: 2 cavernosa (dorsal), 1 spongiosum (ventral), and glans.
shaft foreskin (prepuce)
After puberty, the scrotum develops deeper pigment, larger sebaceous follicles,
and a cremaster muscle ANSWER to temperature.
Spermatogenesis temperature - ANSWER: 37°C or below
Testes - Answer Produce sperm
The testes are 4-5cm long and 3cm wide, suspended by the spermatic cord, with
L lower than R. A double layer membrane separates them from the scrotal wall,
allowing them to slide and preventing harm.
Epididymis - ANSWER coiled duct system
sits atop testes.
Comma shaped
offers storage, maturation, and transit of sperm.
Continuous with vas deferens.
The spermatic cord ascends from the posterior edge of the testis.
Through the inguinal canal to the abdomen.
joins with seminal vesicle to create the ejaculatory duct.
Male orgasm - ANSWER sensation during ejaculation.
Emission of Fluid
Constriction of vessels
Male HH cues - Answer Symptoms may include frequency, burning, urgency,
pain, discharge, hesitancy, straining, colour, odour, loss of urine when laughing
or sneezing, infection, lesion, lump/swelling, safety concerns, sexual preference,
and difficulties with erections.
ANSWER: Chlamydia in guys aged 14 to 35 years.
ANSWER: testicular torsion in males aged 12-25
Varicocele in males aged 15 to 35 years.
16-35 year-old male - ANSWER testicular cancer
GC urethritis in a male aged <35 years.
>30yo guy - ANSWER: hydrocele.
ANSWER: Testicular lymphoma and erectile dysfunction in 50+ years old.
>65 years - ANSWER bacteriuria
Male PMH: STI or UTI
Tanners Stage: Cancer and Trauma.
BPH, a congenital abnormality known as hypospadias, can lead to impotence.
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