Male Repro Flashcards
It produce sperm and the male sex hormone testosterone.
Testes
It is passageway for ejaculation of semen and excretion of urine.
Urethra
What transport, store, and assist in maturation of sperm?
Ducts
What secrete most of the liquid portion of semen?
Accessory sex glands
It is a series of small bands of skeletal muscle that descend through the spermatic cord to surround the testes.
Cremaster muscle
a sac of loose skin and underlying
subcutaneous tissue that contains the testes
Scrotum
It carry sperm produced within them (spermatogenesis) out of the testes
Seminiferous tubules
It is derived from the peritoneum and forms during the descent of the testes, partially covers the testes
Tunica vaginalis
What hormone that promotes the development of masculine characteristic?
Androgen
True or False
No replication of DNA occurs in the secondary spermatocytes
True
True or False
Each day about 300 million spring complete the process of spermatogenesis
True
True or False
No cell division occurs in spermiogenesis
True
What hormones, stimulates, interstitial cells which are located between seminiferous tube used to secrete the hormone testosterone?
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
What hormone stimulates spermatogenesis?
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
What or where is the size of sperm maturation?
Epididymis
What accessory sex gland secrete an alkaline, viscous fluid that helps neutralize acid in the female reproductive tract, provides fructose for ATP production by sperm, contributes to sperm motility and viability, and helps semen coagulate after ejaculation?
Seminal vesicles
Prostate
Bulbourethral glands
Seminal vesicles
What accessory sex gland secrete an alkaline fluid that neutralizes the acidic environment of the urethra and mucus that lubricates the lining of the urethra and the tip of the penis during sexual intercourse?
Seminal vesicles
Prostate
Bulbourethral glands
Bulbourethral glands
What accessory sex gland secretes a milky slightly acidic fluid that contains enzymes that breakdown clothing proteins from the seminal vesicles?
Seminal vesicles
Prostate
Bulbourethral glands
Prostate
What contains the urethra common pathway for salmon and urine?
Penis
True or False
The pH of semen is 7.2-7.5
False, it is 7.2-7.7
True or False
An erection is brought by sympathetic innovation, leading to vasodilation of arterioles in erectile tissue.
False, erection is brought by parasympathetic innovation
True or False
The volume of an average ejaculate is 3.5-6 ml.
False, the volume of an average ejaculate is 2.5 to 5 ML
True or False
Ejaculation is the powerful release of semen, due to parasympathetic stimulation
False, ejaculation is a The powerful release of semen, due to parasympathetic stimulation.
True or false
Small amounts of blood enter the tissue into dilated blood sinuses
False, large amounts of blood enter the tissue into dilated blood sinuses
