Male Reproductive System

Question 1

What are the two external structures of the male reproductive system?

Answer 1

penis
scrotum

Question 2

What is homologous to the clitoris?

Answer 2

glans

Question 3

What is homologous to labium majora?

Answer 3

scrotum

Question 4

How many chambers does the penis have?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

What are the internal structures of the male reproductive system?

Answer 5

• testes
• epididymides
• ductus deferens
• seminal glands
• ejaculatory ducts
• prostate
• bulbourethral glands

Question 6

What is on top of the testes and is involved with sperm maturation and storage?

Answer 6

epididymides

Question 7

What structure carries the sperm away from the testes?

Answer 7

ductus/vans deferens

Question 8

What connects the urinary and reproductive system?

Answer 8

ejaculatory ducts

Question 9

What 3 things create seminal fluid?

Answer 9

seminal glands, prostate, and bulbourethral

Question 10

There are _________ corpus cavernosum and __________ corpus spongiosum.

Answer 10

2
1

Question 11

What consists of erectile tissue?

Answer 11

penis

Question 12

the two corpora cavernosa (DORSAL/VENTRAL) and one corpus spongiosum (DORSAL/VENTRAL). The spongiosum forms the ___________ ____________ and it encloses the spongy urethra.

Answer 12

glans penis

Question 13

An uncircumcised penis still has the __________ remaining.

Answer 13

prepuce

Question 14

The _____________ is a two-chambered sac and contains the testes.

Answer 14

scrotum

Question 15

The _______________ and _____________ muscles help to regulate testes ____________.

Answer 15

cremaster and dartos
temperature

Question 16

TRUE or FALSE
Blood can go back into body from penis during erection.

Answer 16

FALSE

Question 17

What vein helps keep temperature cooler for the testes? How?

Answer 17

pampiniform plexus
it is not one structure but a network

Question 18

The ductus deferens, pampiniform plexus, testicular artery, and testicular nerve create what?

Answer 18

spermatic cord (the teste is connected)

Question 19

The _____________ elevates and lets the teste to ascend. While the ______ is underneath the scrotum and descends the teste.

Answer 19

cremaster ascends
dartos descends

Question 20

The testes are divided into lobules containing the _____________ tubules and interstitial cells

Answer 20

seminipherous

Question 21

During development the testes descend from the abdominal cavity through the _____________ canal to the scrotum.

Answer 21

inguinal

Question 22

What is the sperm pathway through the ducts?

Answer 22

1. seminiferous tubules
2. rete testis
3. epididymis
4. ductus deferens
5. ejaculatory ducts
6. urethra

Question 23

The glands involve what 3 things? What does each thing empty into?

Answer 23

1. seminal vesicles empty into ejaculatory duct
2. prostate gland empties into urethra
3. bulbourethral glands empty into urethra

Question 25

_____________________________ + __________________ = Semen

Answer 25

seminal fluid and sperm

Question 26

What is at the very top of the head of sperm?

Answer 26

acrosome

Question 27

Seminal Fluid is ____________ to counteract the _______ environment of vaginal canal

Answer 27

alkaline acidic

Question 28

Seminal fluid provides nourishment to _____________. Components are produced by the seminal vesicle, prostate gland and bulbourethral.

Answer 28

sperm

Question 29

The seminal vesicles are located on posterior surface of _________ _______________. It also has alkaline, and viscous ______________ fluid.

Answer 29

urinary bladder whitish/yellow

Question 30

The seminal vesicles contain _____________ for nutrition and energy for the sperm, and __________________ that causes the cervix to dilate. (external and internal os opening)

Answer 30

fructose prostoglandins

Question 31

What gland is superior to the urethral diaphragm? It looks like a walnut and inferior to the bladder. It also produces a milky colored fluid called ______________.

Answer 31

prostate mucin

Question 32

What contains a high citric acid content (nutrient for sperm) and seminal plasmin which fights UTI and is a antibiotic?

Answer 32

prostate gland

Question 33

________-_________-__________ (___) liquefies semen following ejaculation. If the number in blood test rises then there is a concern for cancer.

Answer 33

Prostate-specific-antigen (PSA)

Question 34

What is next to membranous urethra, below prostate. Has SHORT/LONG duct into urethra. Clear, viscous mucin and serves as lubricant during coitus. This is similar to what female structure?

Answer 34

bulbourethral gland vestibular gland

Question 35

Sperm from testes combines with seminal fluid to form ___________.

Answer 35

SEMEN

Question 36

Takes about ___________ for sperm to form and then be released during ejaculation

Answer 36

two weeks

Question 37

Sperm swim to what region of the uterus.

Answer 37

fundus