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Histo Male Reproductive Flashcards

1
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The scrotum is 2-3 degrees lower than the rest o the body, how does this happen?

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through countercurrent exchange via pampiniform plexus

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What four things make up the testis?

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tunica vaginalis (visceral leaf)
tunica albuginea
tunica vasculosa
seminiferous tubules

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What are the 2 functions of the testis?

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gametogenesis

steroidogenesis

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Describe all the layers of the testis and scrotum (start inside out).

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seminiferous tubules with fibrous septae
tunica vasculosa
tunica albuginea
tunica vaginalis (visceral leaf) 
mesothelial cells
parietal tunica vaginalis
colles fascia
dartos muscle
epidermis with hair follicle, sebaceous gland, eccrine sweat gland and duct
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What are the parts of the scrotum?

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mesothelial cells
parietal tunica vaginalis
colles fascia
dartos muscle
epidermis with hair follicle, sebaceous gland, eccrine sweat gland and duct
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Is there a space between the scrotum and testis?

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yes it is between the tunica vaginalis (visceral leaf) and the parietal tunica vaginalis (on scrotum)

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7
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What are the 2 functions of the testis?

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endocrine-> steroidogenesis to make testosterone

exocrine-> gametogenesisi to make sperm

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The seminiferous tubules of the testis have two types of epithelium, what are they?

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spermatogenic and sertoli cells

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9
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What does the peritubular connective tissue sheath contain?

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blood vessels
lymphatics
myoepithelial cells

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Explain the structure of the seminiferous tubules.

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spermatogenic (make sperm) and sertoli cells (support sperm)
basement membrane
peritubular CT

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What will the seminiferous tubules be like until puberty? What happens after puberty?

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solid cords until puberty

site of spermatogenesis

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12
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The epithelium of the seminiferous tubules sit on what?

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a basement membrane and connective tissue sheath

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13
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Between the seminiferous tubules you have interstitial space where you will find the (blank).

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leydig cells (or interstitial cells) make testosterone*

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14
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The sertoli cells of the testis are all connected to each other through junctional complexes. T or F

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T

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15
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Spermatogenesis occurs in portions of seminiferous tubules in (blank) which is referred to as the cycles of the seminiferous tubules.

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waves

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16
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spermatogoonia have synchronous development via (blank)

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intercellular bridges

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17
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how many days does it take for spermatogenesis to occur?

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74 days in humans

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18
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What 2 hormones are needed for spermatogenesis?

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FSH and testosterone

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19
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What 2 hormones are need for testosterone production?

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LH and prolactin

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20
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Where do spermatogoonia come from?

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yolk sac

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21
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(blank) stem cells undergo mitosis and become spermatogoonia

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Type A primitive

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22
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(blank) stem cells undergo meiosis (haploid 23 chromosomes) and become secondary spermatocytes

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Type B stem cells

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23
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Where does crossing over occur?

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in primary spermatocytes

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24
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Explain spermatogenesis

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type A primitive stem cells-> spermatogonia->Type B stem cells-> primary spermatocytes-> secondary spermatocytes-> spermatids supported by sertoli cells-> spermiogenesis-> spermatozoa.

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25
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What is the meiosis part of spermatogenesis?

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primary spermatocyte-> 2ndary spermatocyte-> 2ndary spermatocyte-> spermatids

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26
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What do type B stem cells turn into?

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primary spermatocyte

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27
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What do dark A stem cells?

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they are reserve stem cells

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28
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What do pale A stem cells become?

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they are mitotically active and become Type A or Type B stem cells

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29
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What is spermiogeneis?

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the creation of spermatozoa from spermatids

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30
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What are the morphological phases of spermiogenesis?

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Golgi phase
Cap phase/acrosomal phase
maturation phase

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31
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What is the acrosomal/cap phase of spermiogenesis?

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Formation of the acrosomal cap

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32
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What is the acrosome made up of?

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hyaluronidase
neuraminidase
acid phosphatase
proteases

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33
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What is the maturation phase of spermiogenesis?

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nucleus is flattened
mitochondria
elongation
loss of excess cytoplasm

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34
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Are newly released sperm mobile?

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no they are immobile

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35
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How do spermatozoa become mobile?

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the epididymis gives it motility

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36
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Are spermatozoa capable of feritilization before it gets to the female reproductive system?

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no, it is incapable, it must undergo capacitation in the uterine tube of the female reproductive system

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37
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What is capacitation exactly?

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removal and replacement of glycocalyx on the sperm membrane in the uterine tube

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38
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Are all sertolic cells contiguous (touching)?

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yes

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39
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What are the columnar cells which rest on the basement membrane and reach the lumen?

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sertoli cells

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40
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(blank) form unique types of junctional complexes between themselves and the developing spermatogonia.

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sertoli cells

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41
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What controls spermiogenesis (3rd phase of spermatogenesis)?

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sertoli cells

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42
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(blank) are responsible for adlumenal and basal microenvironments.

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sertoli cells

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43
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sertoli cells possess (blank) receptors

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FSH

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44
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Sertoli cells are the primary target for (blank) and (blank). What is clinically significant about this?

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testosterone and androgens

This means sertoli cells are the primary regulators of spermatogenesis

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45
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What is the blood testis barrier?

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Sertoli cells create a barrier that protects against autoimmune response, protects against drugs, and toxic chemicals

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46
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When do sertoli cells phagocytize things?

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during spermiogenesis they phagocytize excess material

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47
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SO the sertoli cells are supportive cells of the seminiferous tubules that aid the creation of sperm from the spermiogenic cells by regulating the (Blank)

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microenvironment

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48
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What creates ABP and how?

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Under the influence of FSH, sertoli cells will make ABP

49
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What does ABP due and why is it important?

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ABP (androgen binding protein) is a glycoprotein that binds testosterone and DHT and estrogen, that concentrates these in the lumen of the seminiferous tubules. The high concentration of these hormones allows for spermatogenesis and sperm maturation.

50
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How do sertolic cells control FSH production?

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by secreting inhibin (in inhibits FSH)

51
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In males, the anti-mullerian hormone gets rid of the paramesonephric duts (mullerian ducts) so that the female internal genitalia doesn’t develop. What produces this hormone?

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Sertoli Cells

52
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What synthesizes and secretes testicular transferrin?

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sertoli cells

53
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What synthesizes and secretion plasminogen activator (breaks down clots)?

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sertoli cells

54
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What secretes testicular fluid which is additive to semen?

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sertoli cells

55
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What all do Sertolic cells secrete?

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ABP (concentrate testosterone)
Inhibin (control FSH production)
Anti-mullerian hormone (so no female parts)
Testicular fluid (adds to semen)
Testicular transferrin (for iron)
Plasminogen activator (break down clots)
56
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The interstitial cells of the testis are also called what?

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leydig cells (produce testosterone)

57
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Other than leydig cells, what else is found in the interstitium?

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blood vessels and lymphatics

58
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There are fetal leydig cells that do what? upon birth what happens to these cells? At puberty what happens?

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fetal leydig cells produce testosterone which is responsible for sexual differentiation.
At birth you lose these cells
At puberty you gain adult leydig cells which produce testosterone (under LH stimulation)

59
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How do you get adult leydig cell to produce testosterone?

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LH stimulates these cells

60
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Interstitial cells/ leydig cells have a special item inside of them, what is it?

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crystallized proteins (crystals of Reinke)

61
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What accentuates steroidogenesis of interstitial cells and how?

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prolactin does by influencing the cells to uptake more cholesterol for steroid synthesis

62
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(blank) is necessary for spermiogenesis and for male differentiation in utero.

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testosterone

63
Q

What influences metabolism, affects behavior, libido and the development and maintenance of accessory glands and tracts?

A

testosterone

64
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What is responsible for the development of secondary male sexual characteristics?

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testosterone

65
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So what does testosterone do?

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it makes you have male parts,
allows you to make sperm
makes you want to have sex and metabolize things

66
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How do you regulate spermatogenesis?

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maintain a good temp (35 degrees)
FSH and LH
Testosterone
ABP

67
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How does FSH and LH help with spermatogenesis?

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FSH promotes synthesis of ABP by sertoli cells

LH stimulates interstitial cells to produce testosterone

68
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What does testosterone have negative feedback on?

What does inhibin have negative feedback on?

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LH and GnRH

FSH and GnRH

69
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Explain the path that sperm take inside the testi to the ductus defern

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Seminiferous tubules go through series of ducts called the rete testes, which goes to ductuli efferentes, which go into the epididymis and then to the ductus deferens

70
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Why do the efferent ductules have a sawtooth appearance?

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fferbecause they are filled with really tall and short columnar cells with basal cells creating psuedostratified epithelium. With or without cilia.

71
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What is the function of the efferent ductules having their ciliated and saw toothed shape?

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to help move sperm to the epididymis

72
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What surrounds the efferent ductules?

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thin layer of circular smooth muscle

73
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What kind of epithelium does the epididymis have and what kind of hair does it have?

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pseudostratified columnar epithelium with stereocilia

74
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What kind of cells are found within the epididymis?

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basal cells and principle cells and layers of circular smooth muscle.

75
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What kind of cells are basal cells?

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stem cells

76
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What do principal cells of the epididymis do?

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function in fluid resorption
secrete protein which initiates motility
secretes glycerophosphocholine (inhibits capacitation)
77
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What does glycerophosphocholine do?

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inhibits capacitation

78
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What does the epididymis serve as in humans?

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as a storage site

79
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Basal and principle cells function in absorbing (blank) and secrete a protein that initiates (blank).

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seminiferous fluid

motility

80
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What kind of epithelium does the ductus (vas) deferens have?

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pseudostratified columnar epithelium with stereocilia

81
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So all the duct systems (efferent ductules, epididymis, vas deferens) have what kind of epithelium?

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all have pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Only the efferent ductules have cilia
the rest of stereocilia

82
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What does the lamina propria of the ductus (vas) deferens have?

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elastic fibers

83
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What are the 3 layers of the smooth muscle?

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IL , MC, OL

84
Q

Does the ductus (vas) deferens have, a serosa or adventitia?

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adventitia

85
Q

What does the ductus deferens turn into?

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ejaculatory duct entering into the prostatic urethra

86
Q

What kind of epithelium does the seminal vesicle have?

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pseudostratified columnar epithelium (that varies in height w/ testosterone)

87
Q

What does the seminal vesicle have in the LP?

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elastic fibers

88
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What 2 things have elastic fibers in the LP?

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seminal vesicle, ductus deferens

89
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What makes the pseudostratified columnar epithelium vary in height?

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testosterone

90
Q

What are the 2 layers of muscle in the seminal vesicles?

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ICOL

91
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The seminal vesicles release a yellow secretory product into the semen, which is made yellow by the pigment (blank)

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lipochrome

92
Q

The secretory product of the seminal vesicles have what in it and what percent of ejaculate is made up by this?

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fructose, prostaglandins, lipochrome pigment

70%

93
Q

(blank) surrounds the urethra as it exits the bladder.

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prostate

94
Q

(blank) consists of 30-50 tubuloaveolar glands in a fibromuscular stroma.

A

prostate

95
Q

The prostate is covered by what?

A

a fibroelastic capsule which penetrates and divides the prostate into lobes

96
Q

What kind of the epithelium does the prostate have?

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simple or pseudostratified columnar epithelium

97
Q

The prostate has calcifications which are called…?

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prostatic concretions or corpora amylacea

98
Q

The prostatic calcifications increase with (blank)

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age

99
Q

What contributes to 25% of the ejaculate and is whitish in color and has a ph of 6.5?

A

prostatic fluid

100
Q

What is rich in acid phosphatase, citric acid and fibrinolysin?

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prostatic fluid

101
Q

The prostatic gland has three concentric layers are the prostatic urethra. What are these three layers?

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mucosal gland
submucousal gland
main prostatic gland

102
Q

In the prostate, what gland is closest to the urethra?

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the mucosal gland

103
Q

In the prostate, what gland is peripheral to the mucosal glands?

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submucosal glands

104
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In the prostate, what gland is the outermost gland, what is significant about this?

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main prostatic gland

This is where most prostatic carcinomas occur (posterior lobe, 33% of men over 75)

105
Q

How can you detect prostate cancer?

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through PSA levels and digital exams

106
Q

What does the fibrinolysin of the prostate gland secretion do?

A

it helps liquefy the semen

107
Q

Where are the bulbourethral glands(cowpers) located, what do they do?

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located in UG diaphragm and empties secretions into the penile urethra and releases pre-ejaculate

108
Q

What is the general organization of the penis?

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Three cyclindrical bundles of spongy erectile tissue surrounded by CT sheath and covered by hairless thin skin.

109
Q

What is the corpora cavernosa made up of?

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2 dorsal erectile cylinders surrounded by thick tunica albuginea

110
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What is the corpus spongiosum?

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it has the penile urethra within it and is a single ventral cylinder surrounded by very thin CT.

111
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What is the penile urethra filled with?

A

variety of epithelium

glands of Littre

112
Q

What all does the erectile tissue have within it?

A 
helicine arteries
endothelial cushions (which are actually just smooth muscle just called endothelial cushions because they push into the endothelium)
113
Q

Explain an erection

A

Parasympathetic makes NO release and causes vessels to dilate and push the tunica albuginea up to block the deep vein and artery which doesn’t allow the blood to leave.

114
Q

Erection is due to a (blank) response
Emission is due to a (blank) response
Ejaculation is due to a (blank) response

A

parasympathetic
sympathetic
somatomotor response
Point and Shoot and Secrete

115
Q

What is emission exactly?

A

movement of semen to the prostatic urethra

116
Q

What is ejaculation?

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Firing of bulbourethral prostate, seminiferous tubules/epididymis, seminal vesicles

117
Q

What is considered normal sperm count?

What is considered sterile?

A

50-100 million sperm/cc

less than 20 million sperm/cc

118
Q

What forms the glans penis and contains elastic fibers and is less turgid in erection?

A

corpus spongiosum

119
Q

What is the order of secretion from glands?

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bulbourethral glands
prostate
testicular duct
seminal vesicles

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