Male Reproductive Exam

Question 1

The male organ for sexual intercourse (coitus); also an excretory structure that conveys urine while helping with facilitating urination.

Answer 1

Penis

Question 2

The external cylindrical structure is composed of a shaft and glans.

Answer 2

Penis

Question 3

The raised ridge that separates the glans from the body of the penis and is especially sensitive to touch.

Answer 3

Corona

Question 4

The loose fold of skin that covers the penile glans; also referred to as the prepuce.

Answer 4

Foreskin

Question 5

The sensitive strip (band) of tissue that connects the underside of the
penile glans to the shaft and foreskin.

Answer 5

Frenulum

Question 6

The body of the penis, which expands as a result of
vasocongestion.

Answer 6

Shaft of penis

Question 7

The rounded cone-shaped structure at the tip (end) of the penis that can swell and harden.

Answer 7

Glans of penis

Question 8

Two cylindrical spongy bodies of erectile tissue that are bound in thick membrane sheaths, are located within the shaft of the clitoris and the penis, and become engorged with blood during sexual arousal.

Answer 8

Corpora Cavernosa

Question 9

A cylindrical body located within the shaft of the penis, and consisting of spongy, erectile tissue bound in a thick membranous sheath; houses the urethra and becomes engorged with blood during sexual arousal

Answer 9

Corpus Spongiosum

Question 10

Artery through which blood passes from the heart to various parts of the body.

Answer 10

Dorsal Artery

Question 11

Consist of: an outer coat, a middle coat, and an inner coat.

Answer 11

Arteries

Question 12

Means top or back.

Answer 12

Dorsal

Question 13

Carries blood from the penis and empties it back into the body after sexual arousal and/or ejaculation

Answer 13

Dorsal vein

Question 14

Hairless or lightly hair-covered saclike structures with two separate chambers that hang loosely from the base of the penis, containing the testicles. The scrotum encloses and protects the testes.

Answer 14

Scrotum

Question 15

Two almond-shaped male gonads responsible for sperm and hormone production. Located in the scrotum.

Answer 15

Testes

Question 16

The primary source of testosterone.

Answer 16

Testes

Question 17

A long tightly coiled, comma-shaped tube located along the posterior (back) surface of each testis.

Answer 17

Epididymis

Question 18

Site where mature sperm are stored here prior to ejaculation.

Answer 18

Epididymis

Question 19

Part of the spermatic duct system, connecting the testicles with the vas deferens.

Answer 19

Epididymis

Question 20

A cordlike structure, consisting of the vas deferens and its accompanying arteries, veins, nerves, and lymphatic vessels, passes from the abdominal cavity through the inguinal canal down into the scrotum to the back of the testicle.

Answer 20

Spermatic cord

Question 21

Tubes running from each testis to an ejaculatory duct.

Answer 21

Vas Deferens (Ductus Deferens)

Question 22

The tubes extend from the testis to the prostate gland, where it converts (emerges) into the urethra.

Answer 22

Vas Deferens (Ductus Deferens)

Question 23

Sperm can be stored here for several months in a suspended state, until needed.

Answer 23

Vas Deferens (Ductus Deferens)

Question 24

They transport and eject the sperm cells into the prostatic urethra just before ejaculation.

Answer 24

Vas Deferens (Ductus Deferens)

Question 25

The fibromuscular tube which conveys (carries) the urine from the kidney to the bladder.

Answer 25

Uterer

Question 26

It begins within the pelvis of the kidney and then empties into the base of the bladder, being 16 to 18 inches long.

Answer 26

UTerer

Question 27

Membranous sac into which urine drains.

Answer 27

Urinary bladder

Question 28

A tube that runs the length of the penis in the center of the corpus spongiosum, through which urine flows and semen is ejaculated at the opening of the penis.

Answer 28

Urethra

Question 29

The part of the male urethra from the base of the prostate gland where the urethra begins as the outlet of the bladder to the point where it emerges from the apex of the prostate gland.

Answer 29

Prostatic urethra

Question 30

The part of the male urethra that is situated between the layers of the urogenital diaphragm and that connects the parts of the urethra passing through the prostate gland and the penis.

Answer 30

Membranous urethra

Question 31

Two small elongated (about two inches) structures located just outside the prostate gland and behind the bladder that emit fluid into the vas deferens through the ejaculatory glands to mix with and nourish sperm to become semen.

Answer 31

Seminal Vesicles

Question 32

The distal dilation of a vas deferens near the opening of the duct leading from the seminal vesicle.

Answer 32

Ampulla of the ductus deferens

Question 33

Two ducts within the prostate gland through which the seminal vesicles empty into the vas deferens (receive spermatozoa and additives to produce seminal fluid).

Answer 33

Ejaculatory duct

Question 34

Walnut-sized gland, which lies just below the bladder and in front of the rectum which surrounds the urethra, and that produces about 30 percent of the seminal fluid released during ejaculation.

Answer 34

Prostate

Question 35

Gland-based structures that lie below the prostate and empty their clear, colorless secretions into the urethra during sexual arousal, in order to neutralize acid in the urethra and vagina which causes damage to the sperm.

Answer 35

Cowper’s glands

Question 36

Another term for Cowper’s gland, secretes fluid that lubricates urethra and end of penis.

Answer 36

Bulbourethral gland

Question 37

A striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra, to keep urine from secreting the bladder.

Answer 37

Urethral sphincter muscle

Question 38

The junction of the left and right pubic bones, the frontmost elements of the pelvic skeleton.

Answer 38

Pubic symphysis (bone)