1.5 - Male Reproductive Histology

Question 1

How can you tell the testis on a histological slide?

Answer 1

• Convoluted tubules sectioned in various planes
• Spermatozoa in the lumen
• Leydig cells in the interstitial spaces

Question 2

How can you tell the prostate on a histological slide?

Answer 2

• Serous alveoli with infolding epithelium
• Trabeculae of muscular stroma
• Corpora amylacea in older men

Question 3

How can you tell a seminal vesicle on a histological slide?

Answer 3

• No sperm in the lumen
• Highly recessed and irregular lumen forming crypts and cavities giving a honey-combed appearance
• Well developed muscular externa

Question 4

How can you tell the ductus deferens on a histological slide?

Answer 4

• Lumen stellate in shape
• Thick walled muscular tube
• Epithelial lining and its supporting lamina propria are thrown into longitudinal folds