Ch 34 Male Reproductive System

Question 1

Sperm flows in the following order: (7 items)

Answer 1

Testes (scrotum)
Epididymis
Ductus Deferens (vas deferens)
Ejaculatory Duct
Prostate gland
Urethra
Penis

Question 2

There are 2 testes that contains many _ _ that produce the male sex cell (sperm/ spermatozoa) and the male hormone, testosterone

Answer 2

seminiferous tubules

Question 3

The testes are found _ to the abdominal cavity within a skin pouch called the _.

Answer 3

external
scrotum

Question 4

Testes are found in the scrotum outside of the abdominal cavity because sperm production requires a slightly _ temperature than body temperature to occur

Answer 4

lower

Question 5

The epididymis is a _ shaped structure found on the _ surface of each testis

Answer 5

C shaped
posterior

Question 6

The _ receives sperm from the testes and stores it until it is released via ejaculation

Answer 6

epididymis

Question 7

The path of the ductus (vas) deferens:
1) Begins at each _
2) courses within a _ _
3) courses thru an inguinal _
4) courses along the surface of the _
5) courses inferiorly along its surface where it terminates, joining the seminal vesicle forming the _ _ .

Answer 7

epididymis
spermatic cord
inguinal canal
bladder
ejaculatory duct

Question 8

The spermatic cord is a structure that is formed collectively by the _ _ and its veins and arteries and ascends thru the scrotum to the _ _.

Answer 8

ductus deferens/ vas deferens
inguinal ring

Question 9

The inguinal canal is an opening in the _ _ muscle thru which the spermatic cord passes

Answer 9

external oblique muscle

Question 10

The ductus deferens of each side terminates by joining the duct of the _ _ and thereby forming the ejaculatory duct

Answer 10

seminal vesicle

Question 11

Seminal vesicles are _ glands found on the _ surface of the bladder

Answer 11

exocrine
posterior

Question 12

Seminal Vesicles are one of 3 types of glands that produce seminal fluid which are referred to as _ _ of the male reproductive system

Answer 12

accessory glands

Question 13

Seminal vesicles are exocrine glands and are drained by the _ of the seminal vesicle

Answer 13

duct

Question 14

The ejaculatory duct is formed by the joining of the _ _ and the duct of the _ _. The ejaculatory duct is found on each side _ to the bladder and _ the prostate.

Answer 14

ductus deferens
duct of the seminal vesicle
posterior
above

Question 15

The ejaculatory ducts enter the _ of the prostate gland

Answer 15

substance

Question 16

The prostate gland is the second _ _ of the male reproductive system and secretes seminal fluid that joins that which was produced by the _ _

Answer 16

accessory gland
seminal vesicles

Question 17

The prostate gland is found in the pelvis _ to the pubis and _ the bladder

Answer 17

posterior
below

Question 18

Within the prostate gland the 2 ejaculator ducts join with the duct draining the _ to form the _

Answer 18

bladder
urethra

Question 19

The male urethra is a _ tube that extends from the prostate gland thru the _ _ and then thru the penis to outside the body

Answer 19

fibromuscular
urogenital diaphragm

Question 20

The male urethra is subdivided into 3 parts:

Answer 20

prostatic
membranous
spongy

Question 21

The prostatic urethra traverses the _ gland

Answer 21

prostate

Question 22

The membranous urethra traverses the _ _

Answer 22

urogenital diaphragm

Question 23

The spongy urethra traverses the _.

Answer 23

penis

Question 24

2 small exocrine glands called _ _ are found on either side of the urethra within the substance of the urogenital diaphragm at the level of the _ urethra.

Answer 24

bulbourethral glands
membranous

Question 25

The bulbourethral gland is the _ accessory gland of the male reproductive system and drains additional _ _ via ducts directly into the _ urethra

Answer 25

3rd
seminal fluid
spongy urethra

Question 26

The 3 longitudinal connective tissue structures of the penis that fill with blood when erect are called _ _ .

Answer 26

venous sinuses

Question 27

2 of the 3 venous sinuses on a penis are called _ _ and only contain the venous sinuses themselves.

Answer 27

corpORA cavernosum

Question 28

1 of the 3 venous sinuses on a penis is called the _ _ which also contains the spongy urethra in addition to the sinuses

Answer 28

corpUS spongiosum

Question 29

Arterial supply to the male reproductive system mainly comes from the _ _ artery and other branches of the _ _ artery.

Answer 29

Internal Pudendal Artery
Internal Iliac Artery

Question 30

The gonadal artery, called the _ artery in men, mainly supplies the _ and _.

Answer 30

testicular
testes
epididymis