Male Reproductive System Flashcards

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Testes

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Produce sperms by mitosis, and inside each teste are loops of coiled tubules

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Diploid

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produce the haploid sperm cells by mitosis

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Testosterone

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the main male hormone is also made in the testes, sperm cells from the tubules drain into a long coiled tube called the epididymis where they are stored

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Epididymis

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each epididymis leads to a sperm duct also known as the van deferenas

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Sperm duct

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The seminal vesicles, prostate gland, and Cowper’s gland lead into the sperm duct.

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Why are the sperms stored outside the body?

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Millions of testes are produced everyday, for this, the temperature must be lower than the body temperature, so the testes lie outside the body enclosed in a sack-like scrotum.

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How is semen formed

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The glands that lead to the sperm duct secrete a liquid that combines with the sperm to form semen.

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