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Male Repro 1 Flashcards

1
Q

The _____ is both an exocrine producing spermatozoa and an endocrine secreting hormones

A

Testis

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2
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What does each lobule contain numerous amount of in the testis?

A

Seminiferous tubules

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3
Q

What is the connective tissue between the seminiferous tubules?

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Intersitium

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4
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What type of cells do intersitium contain?

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Leydig

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5
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What is the region in which seminiferous tubules converge and sperm exits the testis?
Composed of: straight tubules —> rete testis

A

Mediastinum

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6
Q

What are large, columnar cells that extend the full thickness of the germinal epithelium?

A

Sertoli cells

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7
Q

What type of cells have the following:
Support the developing spermatogenic cells
Establishing the blood-testis barrier
Act as phagocytes, consuming residual cytoplasm during spermatogenesis
Convert testosterone to estrogen

A

Sertoli cells

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8
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What cells have the function of producing testosterone?

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Leydig cells

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9
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Leydig cells have abundant ___________ cytoplasm with lipid droplets

A

Eosinophilic

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10
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What is the region where seminiferous tubules converge and sperm exits the testis?

A

Mediastinum

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11
Q

The mediastinum is made of _________ tubules that are lined by simple cuboidal to columnar epithelium

A

Straight

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12
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The transitional zone in the mediastinum is lined by _________ cells

A

Sertoli

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13
Q

What connects the rete testis with the proximal portion of the epidimymis?

A

Efferent ductules

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14
Q

Each effect ductule opens into a single channel of the _________

A

Epididymis

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15
Q

Where does sperm enter after it leaves the testes?

A

Epididymis

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16
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What do sperm undergo as they move through the epididymis?

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Maturation

17
Q

Where are mature stored in the epididymis?

A

In tail

18
Q

What is the muscular tube connecting the epididymis with the urethra in the prostate?

A

Ductus deferens

19
Q

What is part of the spermatic cord along with arteries, nerves, pampiniform plexus, and lymphatic vessels?

A

Ductus deferens

20
Q

What produces a mucus-rich fluid facilitating transport of sperm, providing nutrients, lubricating urethra, neutralize acidic urine, increases semen viscosity?

A

Accessory glands

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