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copy deck
- holds & protects testes
- scrotum
- area between scrotum & anus
- perineum
- produce sperm
- testes
- part of testes that produce sperm
- seminiferous tubules
- moves sperm to vas deferens
- epididymus
- moves sperm to urethra
- vas deferens
- produce substance that nourishes sperm
- seminal vesicles
- helps to move sperm
- prostate gland
- tip of penis
- glans penis
- covering & protection for penis
- prepuce/foreskin
- BPH
- benign prostatic hypertrophy-enlarged prostate
- cryptochidism
- hidden testes
- PSA
- prostate specific antigen-blood test to diagnose prostate cancer
- hydrocele
- accumulation of fluid in testes
- hypospadias
- urethra on underneath side
- phimosis
- narrowing of foreskin
- removing foreskin
- circumcision
- remove all or part of prostate-treatment for BPH
- transurethral resection
- removal of vas deferens
- vasectomy
- ESWL
- extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
- GU
- genitourinary
- K+
- potassium (an electrolyte)
- KUB
- kidney ureter, bladder
- Na+
- sodium (an electrolyte)
- TURP
- transurethral resection of prostate
- UTI
- urinary tract infection