Male Reproductive Flashcards
How is gender determined?
By the sperm which has the Y chromosome
What are testes?
They belong to the endocrine and reproductive system
Produce testosterone and sperm
What do the seminiferous tubules do?
They produce sperm
What do interstitial cells do?
Located between the seminiferous tubules
Produce testosterone
What is the scrotum?
A secondary sex organ, a sac
Houses the testes
What is the spermatic chord?
Is suspends each teste and is composed of the cremaster muscle, ductus deferense, testicular artery and papiform pelvis
What is the papiniform plexus?
A network of veins surrounding the testicular artery
What is the efferent ductule?
Part of the spermatic duct
Connects the testes to the epididymis
What is the epididymis?
Part of the spermatic ducts
The location of sperm maturation and storage
What is the ductus deferense?
Part of the spermatic ducts
Connects the epididymis to the pelvic cavity
What is the ejaculatory ducts?
Part of the spermatic ducts
Ductus deferense and ducts form the seminal vesicles combine