Male Reproduction

Question 1

Answer 1

Testis

E epididymis RT rete testis S fine interlobular septa TA tunica albuginea

Spermatozoa pass from the seminiferous tubules into the rete testis which is connected to the epididymis via the ductuli efferentes

Question 2

Answer 2

Seminiferous tubules

Question 3

Answer 3

Seminiferous tubule

M spindle-shaped myofibroblasts SA spermatogonia type A SB spermatogonia type B St sertoli cells S1 primary spermatocytes S3 spermatids S4 spermatozoa

Question 4

Answer 4

Interstitial Leydig cells

Question 5

Answer 5

Epididymis

B basal cells SM single circular layer S spermatozoa

Spermatozoa develop motility in the epididymis

Question 6

Answer 6

Ductus deferens

3 muscle layers

I inner longitudinal smooth muscle

C circular smooth muscle

O outer longitudinal smooth muscle

Question 7

Answer 7

Prostate gland

G prostate gland CA corpora amylacea St fibrous stroma

Question 8

Answer 8

Penis

S skin (stratified squamous keratinized epithelium) F fibrocollagenous capsule CC corpora cavernosa CS corpus spongiosum U penile urethra

Question 9

Answer 9

Corpus spongiosum

U urethra

Question 10

Answer 10

Penile erectile tissue

HA helicine artery S vascular sinus

The vascular sinuses of the cavernous bodies of the penis are supplied by numerous anatomosing thick-walled arteries and arterioles called helicine arteries since they follow a spiral course in the flaccid state.