Male Reproductive System

Question 1

inside spermatic cord

Answer 1

lymphatic vessel and pampiniform plows

Question 2

protein that encodes for testes to develop

Answer 2

SRY

Question 3

where sperm is made in

Answer 3

seminiferous tubes

Question 4

where sperm matures in

Answer 4

epididymis

Question 5

makes the most semen

Answer 5

seminal vesicles

Question 6

concentrates production of sperm cell

Answer 6

ABP

Question 7

moves scrotum

Answer 7

dartos muscle

Question 8

3 parts of the urethra

Answer 8

prostatic, membranous, external (spongy)

Question 9

parts of a sperm

Answer 9

head, mid piece, tail

Question 10

can only become sperm cells during spermiogenesis

Answer 10

spermatids

Question 11

organs producing sex cells/gametes

Answer 11

gonads

Question 12

gonads in males

Answer 12

testes

Question 13

cells produced by gonads in males

Answer 13

gametes

Question 14

mature gamete, sex cell in male

Answer 14

sperm cell/spermatazoa(n)

Question 15

sex coding region on Y gene

Answer 15

SRY gene

Question 16

encodes for a protein that causes the development of testes in males

Answer 16

SRY

Question 17

a fibromuscular cord that leads testes through the inguinal canal to the scrotum

Answer 17

gubernaculum

Question 18

sac of skin and tissue surrounding testes, oval shaped

Answer 18

scrotum

Question 19

helps regulate temperature within testes and is used for protection

Answer 19

scrotum

Question 20

2 muscles involved in temp regulation by control tension in males

Answer 20

dartos and cremaster

Question 21

embedded in superficial fascia wrinkles the scrotal skin, pulling testes closer to the body, contracts to warm testes, relaxes to cool testes

Answer 21

dartos muscle

Question 22

pulls testes closer to body, continuation of the internal oblique muscle

Answer 22

cremaster muscle

Question 23

a series of veins that cool arterial blood flowing through the testicular artery supplying the testes

Answer 23

pampiniform plexus

Question 24

normal testes temp

Answer 24

3 degrees cooler than body temperature

Question 25

contains 200-300 testicular lobules

Answer 25

each testis

Question 26

the 1-4 coiled tubules per lobule, produce sperm cells (spermatozoa)

Answer 26

seminiferous tubules

Question 27

process of making sperm cells

Answer 27

spermatogenesis

Question 28

last stage of spermatogenesis in which spermatids differentiate into spermatozoa

Answer 28

spermiogenesis

Question 29

within this unit, sperm cells become motile (can swim) and are capable of fertilizing ovum

Answer 29

epididymis

Question 30

long hollow tube, transports sperm cells emersed in testicular fluid from the epididymis to seminal vesicles

Answer 30

vas deferens

Question 31

produces around 60% of all seminal fluids

Answer 31

seminal vesicles

Question 32

made by convergence of the vas deferens with the seminal vesicles, the ducts transport ejaculate to the prostate gland

Answer 32

ejaculatory ducts

Question 33

produces around 30% of all seminal fluid, contributes slightly acidic, white-colored fluid which has mucous

Answer 33

prostate gland

Question 34

account for producing less than 10% of ejaculate, paired pea shaped glands alongside the membranous urethra

Answer 34

Cowper’s (bulbourethral) glands

Question 35

surrounded by the prostate gland

Answer 35

prostatic urethra

Question 36

shortest urethral section, located/embedded in a muscular triangle called the urogenital diaphragm

Answer 36

membranous urethra

Question 37

external, contains spongy body of the penis

Answer 37

penile/spongy urethra