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Male Reproduction Flashcards

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Gubernaculum testis

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connective tissue extending from testis to what will become scrotum

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Pampiniform plexus

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Countercurrent heat exchange system that cools abdominal blood passing to testis and epididymis, heats blood returning from testis and epididymis to abdomen

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Mesonephric tubules

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Becomes the efferent ducts

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Mesonephric ducts

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Becomes the epididymus and vas deferens

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Layers of the testes

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Visceral tunica vaginalis –> tunica albuginea –> tunica vasculosa

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Tunica albuginea

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Thick connective tissue layer of testis. Contains the septa and mediastinum

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Septa

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Separate the seminiferous tubules

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Mediastinum testis

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posterior portion of the tunica albuginea that forms cavities that the seminiferous tubules empty sperm into

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Efferent ducts

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connects the tunica albuginea to the epididymus. Lined by ciliated and resorptive cells to help sperm move along and to reabsorb fluid

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Tunica vasculosa

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layer of connective tissue with blood vessels that provides nutrients to the seminiferous tubules

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Leydig cells

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Synthesize testosterone in their smooth ER and reside between the seminiferous tubules

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Seminiferous tubules

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Contain Sertoli cells, germ cells, and an outer layer of smooth muscle

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LH

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Stimulates leydig cells

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FSH

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Stimulates Sertoli cells

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Inhibin

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feedback hormone for LH and FSH secreted by Sertoli cells

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Sertoli cells

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Support cells in the seminiferous tubules. Secrete inhibin. Prominent nucleolus. Infolding nuclear membrane

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Testosterone

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Maintain spermatogenesis, maintain accessory glands of reproduction, secondary sex characteristics, and libido

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Androgen receptor

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Binds testosterone

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Cholesterol

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Precursor to testosterone

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Sections of the seminiferous tubules

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Transitional region (terminal segment) that contains only sertoli cells, tubulus rectus (simple cuboidal), and rete testis

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Development of sperm cells

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Spermatogonium -> primary spermatocyte -> secondary spermatocytes -> early spermatids -> sperm

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Sertoli tight junction complexes

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It contains a blood testis barrier that separates the basal compartment from the adluminal compartment. The sertoli cells have a role in sustaining the mitotic stem cells because of the separation from the nutrients of the basal compartment.

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Basal compartment

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Below the blood testis barrier and contains vasculature. Spermantogium are located here

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Adluminal compartment

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Above the blood testis barrier and contains the sperm stem cells. No vasculature

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Spermatogenesis

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The mitotic differentiation of spermatogonia to sperm

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Spermiogenesis

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The process of a round sperm to an elongated sperm

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Section of sperm

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Head –> neck–> middle piece –> principal piece –> end piece

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Head

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acrosome on outer layer, DNA inside

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Neck

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contains the centrioles

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Middle piece

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contains the axoneme. It is wrapped with mitochondria and this provides the energy for motility

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Principal piece

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the axoneme is wrapped in a fibrous sheath

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End piece

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Axoneme only

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Sequential temporal succession

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The same cell types of germ cells differentiate in clusters during spermatogenesis. When the cells are differentiating, there is a communicating within each of them so they can differentiate together

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Rete testis

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spaces within the mediastinum that collects the sperm from the various tubules, ciliated cuboidal

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Epididymus

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Pseudostratified columnar, lined with stereocilia. Empties into the vas deferens

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Sperm maturation

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The ability of sperm to fertilize ova increases during transit through the epididymis

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Sperm storage

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The wide lumen of the tail (cauda) increases storage volume

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Layers of vas deferens

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Inner and outer layers of longitudinal smooth muscle. and middle layer of circular smooth muscle for contraction. Epithelium is folded on the inside (ampulla)

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Seminal vesicle

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One tube, highly folded. Secretes fluid during ejaculation. Pseudostratified columnar or simple columnar.

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Zones of the prostate gland

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Periurethral and central zone (more smooth muscle) and transitional zone

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Corpora amylacea

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Concretions in the prostate that accumulate with age

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Bulbourethral (Cowper’s) glands

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secrete mucin that protects the lining of the urethral from acrosomal proteases and protects sperm from remnants of urine. Contains skeletal muscle

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Layers of the urethra

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Going down the urethra: Prostatic (transitional) –> membranous and penile (pseudostratified and/or Stratified columnar)

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