Male reproductive system

Question 1

Uretha

Answer 1

-Duct that carry fluid (semen) through penis
-Tube where urine exits bladder and body

Question 2

Vas Deferens

Answer 2

-Tube (storage)
-Sperm TRANSPORT

Question 3

Seminal vessicles

Answer 3

-Sperm doesn’t travel here
-Fructose= energy (ATP)
-Prostaglandin= rhythmic uterine contraction
-Water= bulk/swimming medium

Question 4

Testes

Answer 4

(seminiferous tubules- long coiled tubes)
-produce sperm

Question 5

Epididymis

Answer 5

-Sperm storage
-Maturation
-Ones for each gonades

Question 6

Scotum

Answer 6

-Pouch that contains the testes in most mammals
-Regulate temperature of testes (lower)

Question 7

Interstitial cells

Answer 7

-Hormone secreting cell
-Produce testosterone
-In between seminiferous tubules not inside of it
-LH

Question 8

Sertoli cells

Answer 8

-Developing sperm is supported and nourished
-FSH

Question 9

Cowper’s gland

Answer 9

-Alkaline to neutralize acids
-Buffer & mucus

Question 10

Prostate Gland

Answer 10

-Alkaline buffer= protect sperm in acidic vagina
-Mucus= Lubrication/protection

Question 11

Ejaculatory duct

Answer 11

-tube connecting the ductus deferens to penis

Question 12

Germ cells

Answer 12

Cells that give rise to sperm/eggs and transmit genetic instruction to next gonades

Question 13

Somatic cells

Answer 13

Any body cells (not sperm/eggs) that form building block of body