Chapter-9 Male Reproductive System

Question 0

Bulbourethral Glands

Cowper Glands

Answer 0

Pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra. They secrete fluid into the urethra.

Question 1

Ejaculation

Answer 1

Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra.

Question 2

-one

Answer 2

Hormone

Question 3

Epididymis
Plural :
Epididymides

Answer 3

One of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis. It store and carries sperm from seminiferous tubules to the vas deferens.

Question 4

Erectile disfunction

Answer 4

Inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence.

Question 5

-genesis

Answer 5

Fomation

Question 6

Flagellum

Answer 6

Hair-like projection on a sperm cell that makes it motile (able to move).

Question 7

Ejaculatory duct

Answer 7

Tube through which semen enters the male urethra.

Question 8

Glans penis

Answer 8

Sensitive tip of the penis; comparable to the clitoris in the female.

Question 9

Identical twins

Answer 9

Two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos. Conjoined (“Siamese”) twins are incompletely separated identical twins.

Question 10

Interstitial cells of the testes

Answer 10

Specialized cells that lie adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testes. These cells produce testosterone and are also called leydig cells.

Question 11

Parenchymal tissue

Answer 11

Essential distinctive cells of an organ. In the testis, the seminiferous tubules that produce sperm and parenchymal.

Question 12

Penis

Answer 12

Male external organ of reproduction.

Question 13

-stomy

Answer 13

New opening

Question 14

Perineum

Answer 14

External region between the anus and scrotum in the male

Question 15

Fraternal twins

Answer 15

Two infants resulting from fertilization of two separate ova by two separate sperm cells.

Question 16

Prostate gland

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Scrotum

Answer 17

External sac that contains the testes.

Question 18

Zo/o

Answer 18

Animal life

Question 19

Semen

Answer 19

Spermatozoa (sperm cells) and seminal fluid (prostatic and seminal vesicle secretions), discharged from the urethra during ejaculation.

Question 20

Seminal vesicles

Answer 20

Paired sac like exocrine glands that secrete fluid into vas deferens.

Question 21

Seminiferous tubules

Answer 21

Narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes.

Question 22

Spermatozoon

Plural: spermatozoa

Answer 22

Sperm cell

Question 23

Cry/o

Answer 23

Cold

Question 24

Stromal tissue

Answer 24

Supportive, connective tissue of an organ, as distinguished from its parenchyma. Also called stroma.

Question 25

Testis

Plural: testes

Answer 25

Male gonad (testicle) that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone.

Question 26

-pexy

Answer 26

Fixation, put in place

Question 27

Vas deferens

Answer 27

Narrow tubule (one on each side) carrying sperm from the epididymis toward the urethra. (Ductus deferens)

Question 28

Andr/o

Answer 28

Male

Question 29

Balan/o

Answer 29

Glans penis

Question 30

Prepuce

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Epididym/o

Answer 31

Epididymis

Question 32

Gon/o

Answer 32

Seed

Question 33

Hydr/o

Answer 33

Water, fluid

Question 34

Orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

Answer 34

Testis, testicle

Question 35

Pen/o

Answer 35

Penis

Question 36

Prostat/o

Answer 36

Prostate gland

Question 37

Semin/I

Answer 37

Semen, seed

Question 38

Sperm/o, spermat/o

Answer 38

Spermatozoa, semen

Question 39

Terat/o

Answer 39

Monster

Question 40

Test/o

Answer 40

Testis, testicle

Question 41

Varic/o

Answer 41

Varicose veins

Question 42

Vas/o

Answer 42

Vessel, duct; vas deferens

Question 43

Crypt/o

Answer 43

Hidden