Male Repro Tract Flashcards

1
Q

What happens in the epididymis, ductus deferens, and urethra

A

Transport, stores, and matures sperm

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2
Q

What are examples of accessory sex glands

A

Seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands

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3
Q

What are the critical regulator of male hormones

A

androgen

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4
Q

The first fetal repro structure is female, male, or both

A

Both

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5
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What does the Mullarian duct become

A

Female repro organs

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6
Q

What does the Wolfian duct become

A

Male repro organs

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7
Q

What do sertoli cells do to the male repro tract

A

cause regression of the mullarian duct

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8
Q

What do leyding cells do to the male repro tract

A

Wolffian duct development

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9
Q

What does MIS/AMH do?

A

Hormone produced by sertoli cells that causes Mullerian duct regression

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10
Q

What are the 3 phases of spermatogenesis

A

Proliferation
meiotic
differentiation

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11
Q

What drives spermatogenisis

A

Leyding cells and the androgens they produce

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12
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What are the two populations of Leyding cells

A

Fetal-produce androgen that drive sexual differentiation

Mature- drive spermatogenesis

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13
Q

What do the testes do

A

produce androgen

produces sperm

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14
Q

What species have a prostate

A

all

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15
Q

What species do not have seminal vesicles

A

absent in dogs and cats

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16
Q

What species do not have bulbourethal glands

A

bears, dogs, aquatic animals

17
Q

What is the major producer of semen

A

seminal vesicles

18
Q

What is cryptorchidism

A

Testicle doesn’t descend properly

19
Q

What is Benign prostatic hyperplasia

A

growth of prostate

20
Q

What causes BPH

A

age and time