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Chapter 15: Male Reproductive System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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gametes

A

sex cells

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genitourinary tract

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male urethra, where urine and sperm flows out

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sperm cells are called

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spermatozoa (spermatozoon)

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where are spermatozoa produced

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testes (in scrotum)

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how do testes develop

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in abdomen, descend through inguinal canal into scrotum

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where is sperm created in testes

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seminiferous tubules

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what do sperm cells need to develop

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Sertoli cells and androgens

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androgens

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male sex cells

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interstitial cells

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where androgens are produced

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how are gonads stimulated

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FSH, LH (follicle stimulating, lutenizing) from anterior pituitary

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FSH in males

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stimulates Sertoli cells to produce spermatozoa

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LH in males

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stimulates interstitial cells to produce testosterone

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transport of spermatozoa

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made in seminiferous tubules, stored in epididymis until ejaculation (propels into ductus deferens, ascends to inguinal canal and into adnominal cavity, around bladder and into ejaculatory duct, where it goes into urethra and through prostate gland

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coitus

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sexual intercourse

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corpora cavernosa

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spongy tissue that fills with blood to form erection

enlarges at tip to form glans penis, covered by prepuce (foreskin)

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prepuce

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foreskin

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glans penis

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tip of peen

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semen, along with spermatozoa, contains

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alkaline mixture (protect spermatozoa from acidic vagina) from seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands

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seminal vesicles

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above prostate, by ureter, secretes into semen

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prostate

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secretes into semen, anterior to rectum, inferior to bladder

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bulbourethral gland

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cowper glands below prostate

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spermatic cord

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attached to testis; ductus deferens, blood vessels, nerves all within fibrous sheet

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test/o

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testis, testicle

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orchi/o, orchid/o

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testis

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osche/o

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scrotum

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semin

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semen

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sperm/i, spermat/o

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semen, spermatozoa

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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vas/o

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vas deferens, ductus deferens, vessel

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vesicul/o

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seminal vessicle

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prostat/o

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prostate

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