How to quickly find the prostate

Everyone knows that prostate diseases are very harmful to the body, but few people know the exact location of the prostate in their body. So even if they have prostate disease, they have no way of knowing it. They can only know their symptoms after the disease worsens. If they continue like this, they will miss the best time for treatment. This part is close to the urethra and reproductive organs.

The prostate is an organ in the reproductive system of male mammals. It is an exocrine gland composed of glandular tissue and muscle tissue. The prostate is a very rare sex gland in animals that has both internal and external secretory functions.

The prostate is shaped like a chestnut, with the bottom facing upwards, next to the bladder, and the tip facing downwards, next to the urogenital diaphragm, next to the pubic symphysis in front, and next to the rectum in the back. Therefore, when the prostate is enlarged, rectal examination can be performed to feel the back of the prostate. The urethra passes through the middle of the prostate gland, guarding the upper opening of the urethra. Therefore, when the prostate is diseased, urination is the first to be affected.

The prostate is chestnut-shaped and slightly flattened front and back. The upper end is wide and called the prostate base, which is adjacent to the bladder neck. The lower end is pointed and located on the urogenital diaphragm, called the prostate apex. The part between the base and the apex is called the prostate body. The back of the body is relatively flat, and there is a longitudinal shallow groove on the midline, called the prostate groove. The male urethra enters the prostate near the anterior edge of the gland base, passes through the anterior part of the glandular substance, and exits from the prostate apex. Near the posterior edge of the base, a pair of ejaculatory ducts penetrate the prostate and open on the seminal caruncle on the posterior wall of the prostatic part of the urethra.

The excretory duct of the prostate opens on the posterior wall of the prostatic part of the urethra. The prostate is generally divided into five lobes: the anterior lobe, the middle lobe, the posterior lobe, and the lateral lobes. The middle lobe is wedge-shaped and is located between the urethra and the ejaculatory duct. After the age of 40, the middle lobe may become enlarged and bulge upward against the bladder, causing the bladder to bulge significantly and compressing the urethra, causing dysuria.

The prostate is located between the bladder and the primordial diaphragm. The base of the prostate is adjacent to the bladder neck, the seminal vesicles and the vas deferens. The pubic symphysis is in front and the rectal vas deferens is in the back. During rectal examination, the back of the prostate can be touched to diagnose whether the prostate is enlarged, etc., and the vas deferens vas deferens and the seminal vesicles can be touched upwards. The prostate of children is very small, and the gland grows rapidly during sexual maturity. In old age, the prostate degenerates and atrophies. If the connective tissue in the gland proliferates, prostate hypertrophy will occur.

There is a layer of capsule on the surface. There are more elastic fibers and smooth muscles inside, which can extend into the gland to form the support of the prostate. The substance of the prostate is composed of 30 to 50 alveolar glands, with a total of 15 to 30 ducts opening on both sides of the urethral spermatophore. According to the distribution of the glands, it can be divided into mucosal glands, submucosal glands and main glands.