Male Reproductive System Flashcards
This part of the external genitalia is an outpouching of the abdominal wall it consists of loose cutaneous sacs and superficial fascia that hangs from the root of the penis
Scrotum
Separates into two sacs that contains one testes each sac
Vertical internal septum
The testicular temperature is regulated by the contraction and relaxation of muscle fibers called
Cremaster muscle
Elevates the testis bringing them closer to the pelvic cavity in response to cool temperature or the sense the testes moving them farther away the pelvic cavity in response to heat
CreMaster muscle
Testicular temperature is regulated _____ below normal body temperature to ensure production in survival of spermatozoa
2-3 degrees
These are oval shape glands confined in the scrotum
Testes (singular: testis)
Consist of the vas deferens, nerves, and blood vessels such as testicular arteries veins and lymphatic vessels that oxygenate drain and carry testosterone to the body.
Spermatic cord
The tunica albuginea forms extension called septa that consequently divides the testes into compartment called
Lobules
Each lobule contains ______ seminiferous tubules
1 to 4
Are tightly coiled tubes where sperm are produced in a process called spermatogenesis
Seminiferous tubules
Are found in the spaces between adjacent seminiferous to bills these cells secrete testosterone or hormone that assist in the descent of the testicles and development of the external male genitalia during prenatal secretion and development of male secondary sexual characteristic during puberty
Leydig cells
The follicle stimulating hormones stimulates the _____ and speeds up spermatogenesis
Sertoli cells
Luteinizing hormone stimulates leydig cells that secretes __________
Testosterone
This hormone inhibits the release of FSH to slow down the production of sperm
Inhibin
Controls the development growth and maintenance of male sex organs, stimulates muscle buildup and bone development, protein annabolism, causes maturation of sperm cells, causes thyroid cartilage enlargement that causes deepening the voice
Testosterone
Is the process in which a sperm is produced by the seminiferous to bills of the testes
Spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis entire process takes about _____ days
64 to 72
Is known as the male gamete also known as sperm cell
Spermatozoa
About what million sperms are produced daily via spermatogenesis
300 million
The sperm have a life expectancy of __ hours inside the female reproductive system
48
How many chromosomes do we have
23