SEMINAL VESICLES

• paired sacculated diverticula

that lie transversely behind the
prostate and store seminal fluid

• convoluted tubes that narrow

at their lower end to fuse with
the vas deferens to become
the ejaculatory ducts
• BLOOD SUPPLY
• internal iliac arteries, mainly via branches from the inferior
vesical artery
• Venous drainage: prostatic venous plexus
• Prostatic venous plexus communicates posteriorly with the
internal vertebral venous plexus , providing a potential route
for the spread of prostatic cancers
• NERVE SUPPLY
• parasympathetic fibres from the pelvic splanchnic nerves
(S2 – S4)

• LYMPH DRAINAGE
• via lymphatic channels that accompany blood vessels to
internal iliac and sacral nodes
 RADIOLOGY
• ULTRASOUND
• sacculated structures above and lateral to the base of the
prostate
• CT
• Convoluted structures above prostate
between bladder and rectum
• MRI
• Seen posterior to the prostate and
bladder on axial and sagittal images
 TESTIS
• oval sperm-producing
gland that is described as
having upper and lower
poles
• BLOOD SUPPLY
• Testicular artery
• Pampiniform venous plexus
• Testicular (internal spermatic) vein
• Right-> IVC
• Left -> left renal vein
• LYMPH DRAINAGE
• Para-aortic nodes via the testicular
vessels
• Superficial inguinal nodes
 RADIOLOGY
• ULTRASOUND
• Organ of Morgagni
• MRI