12. MALE REPRODUCTION - ANATOMY related to function Flashcards
GAMETES in MALES
SPERMATOZOA
(from TESTES - primary sex organ)
male REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM consists of
- INTERNAL genitalia
Testes, Epididymis,
vas deferens, ejaculatory duct,
seminal vesicle, prostate, bulbourethral glands - EXTERNAL genitalia
Penis, Scrotum - ENDOCRINE REGULATION
why do TESTES descend into SCROTUM (outside body)
3 DEGREES COOLER
- LOWER TEMP for OPTIMAL FUNCTION
TESTES have 2 COMPARTMENTS which are separated by a..
MEDIAN RAPHE
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES of TESTES are arranged in..
LOBULES
where does SPERM ORIGINATE from in the TESTES
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES
-> rete testes
-> efferent ductules
-> Epididymis (store)
-> Ductus/Vas deferens
-> ejaculatory duct
LEYDIG CELLS (produce testosterone) are found where in the TESTES
lie in Loose tissue SURROUNDING SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES (between)
in INTERSTITIUM
TESTIS is ENCLOSED in a TOUGH CAPSULE called
(inner layer)
TUNICA ALBUGINEA
inner layer and outer layer of TESTES:
INNER:
TUNICA ALBUGINEA
OUTER:
TUNICA VAGINALIS
TESTES SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES (arranged in loops) empty into the.. and where do they go from here
RETE TESTES
drain through EFFERENT DUCTULES (VASA EFFERENTIA) into HEAD of EPIDIDYMIS
TESTES
how do the VAS DEFERENS FORM
TAIL of EPIDIDYMIS THICKENS and STRAIGHTENS to become vas deferens
(epididymis has head, body, tail)
TESTES
CELLS INSIDE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES
- SERTOLI CELLS (support) (AMH)
- GERM CELLS (Sand DERIVATIVES
TESTES
CELLS OUTSIDE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES
- LEYDIG CELLS
- PERITUBULAR MYOCYTES (smooth muscle cells surrounding sf)
TESTES
where do SERTOLI CELLS REST
on BASEMENT MEMBRANE of Seminiferous Tubules
extend filamentous cytoplasmic effects? towards LUMEN of tubule
FUNCTION of SERTOLI CELLS
SUPPORT and NOURISH SPERMATOGENIC CELLS
SERTOLI CELLS SECRETE:
- MULLERIAN REGRESSION FACTOR (AMH)
- INHIBIN
- ACTIVIN
- ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEINS
- OESTROGEN BINDING PROTEINS
LEYDIG CELLS secrete TESTOSTERONE in RESPONSE to..
LH - LEUTENISING HORMONE from anterior pituitary
2 Populations of LEYDIG CELLS
- FOETAL LEYDIG CELLS
secrete testosterone in foetus and regress after birth - ADULT LEYDIG CELLS
secrete testosterone from PUBERTY
TESTICULAR ARTERIES arise from..
AORTA
TESTICULAR VEINS (PAMPINIFORM PLEXUS) DRAIN into..
LEFT: RENAL VEIN
RIGHT: INFERIOR VENA CAVA
TESTES LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE into..
PARA-AORTIC NODES
(scrotal skin drains to inguinal nodes)
from RETE TESTIS how many EFFERENT DUCTULES pass into the EPIDIDYMUS HEAD (capcut)
12-20
how do EFFERENT DUCTULES DRAIN into EPIDIDYMAL DUCTS
ENLARGE to form LOBULE
the DUCT from each LOBULE DRAINS into a SINGLE EPIDIDYMAL DUCT
- winds approx 6 M to form body and tail (thickens and straightens into Vas deferens)
how long are EPIDIDYMAL DUCTS
6 m
what collectively form the REPRODUCTIVE TRACTS, which SPERM EXIT each testes through
- EPIDIDYMUS
- VAS / DUCTUS DEFERENS
- EJACULATORY DUCT
EJACULATORY DUCT drains into a single…
URETHRA
(common tube for semen and urine)
PASSAGE of the VAS DEFERENS from testes to ejaculatory duct (internal ring)
PASSES THROUGH INGUINAL CANAL
LATERAL to INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY / vessels
MEDIAL to all STRUCTURES of the PELVIC SIDE WALL
TO BASE of PROSTATE, POSTERIORLY
JOINS SEMINAL VESICLE duct to form EJACULATORY DUCT (opens into urethra)
VAS DEFERENS pass LATERAL to..
INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY