HCO Anatomy Unit 5 Male Reproductive System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 testes | 2 inside scrotum, stored at 95.6 degrees F (for sperm development) |
| seminiferous tubules | help developing sperms, help them mature |
| interstitial tissue | divisions in tissue, where testosterone is produced |
| cryptochidism | testes fail to descend |
| scrotum | inside: teste, epididymis, part of vas deferens covered in skin & hair |
| epididymis | j-shaped tube in the top of the testes, sperm mature there for 64 days |
| vas deferens | transports sperms from epididymis to ejaculatory duct |
| layers of vas deferens | inner - pseudostratified columnar epithelial middle - smooth muscle outer - adventitia |
| vasectomy | voluntary sterilization, surgical removal of part of vas deferens |
| urethra | transports semen & urine |
| seminal vesicles | #1 produce seminal fluid that contains nutrients for the sperm (thick and yellow) |
| prostate gland | #2 provides alkaline material for semen |
| cowper's gland | #3 pre-ejaculatory fluid made here which is neutralizing and lubricating |
| glans penis | head of penis |
| circumcision | removal of foreskin for hygiene, religion, aestetics |
| semen | seminal vesicles, prostate gland, cowper's gland 300,000,000 mill/ejac. (1 tsp.) |
| penis | urethra through center, made of erectile spongy tissue: corpus cavernosa, corpus spongiosum shaft & head |
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