Ch. 9: Male Reproductive

Question 1

What is the male sex cell?

Answer 1

spermatozoan

Question 2

Where does the sperm cell carry its nuclear hereditary material?

Answer 2

in its head region

Question 3

What makes the sperm mobile?

Answer 3

the tail consists of a flagellum

Question 4

fraternal twins

Answer 4

twins resulting from the fertilization of separate ova by separate sperm cells

Question 5

identical twins

Answer 5

twins resulting from the fertilization of a single egg by a single sperm

Question 6

What is testosterone responsible for?

Answer 6

bodily characteristics of the male (beard, pubic hair, deeper voice)

Question 7

epidydymis

Answer 7

one or a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis that stores and carries sperm to the vas deferens

Question 8

erectile dysfunction

Answer 8

inability of adult male to achieve an erection; impotence

Question 9

flagellum

Answer 9

hair-like projection on sperm that makes it motile

Question 10

semen

Answer 10

spermatozoa and seminal fluid discharged from the urethra during ejaculation

Question 11

seminal vesicles

Answer 11

paired sac-like exocrine glands that secrete fluid into the vas deferens

Question 12

seminiferous tubules

Answer 12

narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes

Question 13

andr/o

Answer 13

male

Question 14

balan/o

Answer 14

glans penis

Question 15

cry/o

Answer 15

cold

Question 16

crypt/o

Answer 16

hidden

Question 17

epididym/o

Answer 17

epididymis

Question 18

gon/o

Answer 18

seed

Question 19

hydr/o

Answer 19

water, fluid

Question 20

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

Answer 20

testis, testicle

Question 21

hypospadias

Answer 21

when the urethral opening is on the underside of the penis– surgical repair involves excising a portion of the prepuce, wrapping it around a catheter, suturing it to the distal part of the urethra, and bringing it to the end of the penis

Question 22

cases of syphilis reported in 2012

Answer 22

15k

Question 23

rate per 100k people of syphilis

Answer 23

5

Question 24

increase of syphilis rate include who?

Answer 24

among men, gay and bisexual

Question 25

congenital syphilis rate per 100k births

Answer 25

322

Question 26

TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate)

Answer 26

excision of benign hyperplasia using a resectoscope through urethra– type of prostate surgery done to relieve moderate to severe urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Question 27

syphilis is caused by what bacteria?

Answer 27

spirochete

Question 28

vasectomy

Answer 28

bilateral removal of a part of the vas deferens

Question 29

PID

Answer 29

pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 30

PIN

Answer 30

prostatic itraepithelial neoplasia

Question 31

PSA

Answer 31

prostate-specific antigen