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Chapter 9 Male Reproduction Flashcards

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Leydig cells or interstitial cells

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Specialized cells that lie adjacent to seminiferous tubules. They produce testosterone.

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Parenchymal tissue

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All body organs have these distinctive cells they perform the essential function of the organ.

Example: the seminiferous tubules, are parenchymal tissue, their essential function is to manufacture spermatooza for the testes organ.

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Prepuce

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Foreskin; fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.

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Prostate gland

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Exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder. The prostate secretes one of the fluid parts of semen into the urethra during ejaculation.

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Scrotum

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External sac that contains the testes.

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Semen

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Spermatozoa and seminal fluid ( prostatic and seminal vehicle secretions), discharged from the urethra during ejaculation

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Seminal vesicles

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Paired sac- like exocrine glands that secrete fluid (a major component of semen) into the vas deferents

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Seminiferous tubules

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Narrow, coiled tubules in the testes that produce sperm.

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Spermatozoa (plural) or spermatozoon

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Sperm cell

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Stroma or stromal tissue

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All body organs have supportive, connective tissue. Like blood vessels, muscles.

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Testis ( one)

Testes (plural)

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Male gonad ( testicle) produces spermatoza and hormone testosterone

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Testosterone

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Hormone secreted by the interstitial tissue of the testes; responsible for male characteristics

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Vas deferens

Ductus deferens

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Narrow tube ( one on each side) carrying sperm from epididymis toward urethra.

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Spermatozoon

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Sperm cell, male sex cell. 1/3 the size of a red bld cell. Consists of a head contains nucleus and chromosomes and tail consisting of a flagellum. Lives only 3-5 days.

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Andr/o

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Male

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Androgen

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Andr/o = male
-gen = substance that produces

Testosterone is an androgen.
The testes in males and the adrenal glands in both men and women produce androgens.

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Balan/o

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Glans penis
The bulbous part near the tip of the penis. It’s as sensitive as the clitoris on a woman
Comes from the Greek word balanos meaning acorn.

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

Example: cryptorchidism is a congenital condition, one or both testicles do not descend, by the time of birth, into the scrotalg sac from the abdominal cavity.

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cryptorchidism

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a congenital condition, one or both testicles do not descend, by the time of birth, into the scrotalg sac from the abdominal cavity.

Surgery to correct this is called orchiopexy

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Epididym/o

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Epididymis

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Gon/o

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Seed

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Orch/o
Orchi/o
Orchid/o

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Testis, testicle

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Orchiectomy

Orchidectomy

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Castration in males

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Orchitis

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Inflammation of the testes caused by injury or the mumps virus, which also infects the salivary glands.

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Pen/o

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Penis

Penile , -ile means pertaining to

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Prostat/o

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Prostate gland

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Prostatitis

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Bacterial (E.Coli) prostatitis often associated with urethritis and infection of the lower urinary tract.

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Prostrate

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Lying down

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Semin/i

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Semen, seed

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-ferous

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Pertaining to bearing or carrying

Ex: semin/i/ferous tubules carry semen

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Sperm/o

Spermat/o

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Spermatozoa, semen

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Retrograde ejaculation

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Sperm flows backward into urinary bladder as a result of prostate surgery. Causing aspermia
a- = no, not
Sperm/o = spermatozoa, semen
-ia = condition

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Terat/o

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Monster

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Test/o

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Testis, testicle

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Varic/o

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Varicose veins

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Variocele

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A collection of varicose ( swollen, twisted) veins above the testis.

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Vas/o

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Vessel; duct; vas deferens

Example: vasectomy in this term vas/o refers to the vas deferens

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Zo/o

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Animal life

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Azoospermia

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Lack of spermatozoa in the semen. Cause include testicular dysfunction, chemotherapy, blockage of the epididymis and vasectomy

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-one

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Hormone

Ex: testosterone
ster/o indicates that this is a type of steroid compound.

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-pexy

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Fixation, put in place

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Orchiopexy

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A surgical procedure to correct cryptorchidism

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Brachy

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Near

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-spadias

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Condition of tearing or cutting

Ex: hypospadias a congenital abnormality in a male urethral opening is on the undersurface of the penis, instead of at its tip. Happen 1 out of 300 live births

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Phimosis

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Narrowing (stricture) of the opening of the prepuce over the glans penis.
This condition interferes with urination and causes secretions to accumulate under the prepuce, leading to infection.
Phim/o = muzzle.

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Spirochete

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Spiral shaped bacterium.

Found the the STD syphilis

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Castration

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Surgical excision of testicles or ovaries

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

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Benign growth of cells within the prostate gland. Surgical treatment by transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

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