Male Reproductive System Vocabulary
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- bulbourethral Gland
- One of a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra.
- Cowper Gland
- Bulbourethral Gland.
- Ejaculation
- Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra.
- ejaculatory duct
- tube through which semen enters the urethra.
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epididymis
Plural - Epididymides - One of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes lying on top of each testis. Carries sperm from the seminiferous tubles to the vas deferens.
- erectile dysfunction
- Inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence.
- flagellum
- Hair-like projection on a sperm cell that makes it motile (able to move)
- fraternal twins
- Two infants born of the same pregnancy from two separate ova fertilized by two different sperm.
- glans penis
- Sensitive tip of the penis
- identical twins
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Two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos.
Conjoined ( "Siamese") twins are incompletely separated indentical twins. - Impotence
- See erectile dysfunction
- interstitial cells of the testis
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Cells that lie between the seminiferous tubules and produce the hormone testosterone.
A pituitary gland hormone (luteinizing hormone (LH) stimulates the interstitial cells to produce testosterone. - Parenchyma
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Tissue composed of the essential cells of any organ.
In the testes, parenchymal tissue includes seminiferous tubules that produce sperm. - perineum
- Area between the anus and scrotum in the male.
- prepuce (foreskin)
- Skin covering the tip of the penis.
- prostate gland
- gland, in men, at the base of the urinary bladder that secretes a fluid into the urethra during ejaculation
- scrotum
- External sac that contains the testes in men.
- semen
- Spermatozoa and fluid ( prostatic and other glandular secretions)
- seminal vesicle
- either of paired sac-like male glands that secrete a fluid into the vas deferens.
- Seminiferous tubules
- Narrow, coild tubules that produce sperm in the testes
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Spermatozoon
Plural Spermatozoa - Sperm Cell
- Sterilization
- Any procedure rendering an individual incapable of reproduction; for example, vasectomy and tubal ligation
- stroma
- Suportive, connective tissue of an organ, as distinguished from its parenchyma.
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testis
Plural Testes - Male gonad that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone; testicle.
- testosterone
- Hormone secreted by the interstitial tissue of the testes; responsible for male sex characteristics.
- vas deferens
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Narrow tube ( one on each side) that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra.
Also called Ductus Deferens