Language of Medicine 9 - Vocabulary

Question 1

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

Answer 1

bulbourethral glands

Question 2

Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra.

Answer 2

ejaculation

Question 3

Tube through which semen enters the male urethra.

Answer 3

ejaculatory duct

Question 4

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

Answer 4

epididymis

plural: epididymides

Question 5

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

Answer 5

erectile dysfunction

Question 6

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

Answer 6

flagellum

Question 7

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

Answer 7

fraternal twins

Question 8

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

Answer 8

glans penis

Question 9

Two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos.

Answer 9

identical twins

Question 10

Twins from one egg that are incompletely separated.

Answer 10

conjoined twins

Question 11

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

Answer 11

interstitial cells of the testes

Question 12

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

Answer 12

parenchymal tissue

Question 13

Male external organ of reproduction.

Answer 13

penis

Question 14

External sac that contains the testes.

Answer 14

scrotum

Question 15

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

Answer 15

semen

Question 16

Paired sac-like exocrine glands that secrete fluid (a major component of seme n) into the vas deferens.

Answer 16

seminal vesicles

Question 17

Narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes.

Answer 17

seminiferous tubules

Question 18

Sperm cell.

Answer 18

spermatozoon

plural: spermatozoa

Question 19

Procedure that removes a person’s ability to produce or release reproductive cells; removal of testicles, vasectomy. and oophorectomy are sterilization produces.

Answer 19

sterilization

Question 20

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

Answer 20

stromal tissue

Question 21

Male gonad that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone.

Answer 21

testis (testicle)

plural: testes

Question 22

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

Answer 22

testosterone

Question 23

Narrow tube (one on each side) carrying sperm from the epididymis toward the urethra. Also called ductus deferens.

Answer 23

vas deferens