Male Reproductive System Flashcards
External genetalia of a male
Scrotum
Penis
Internal genetalia of a male
2Testes
Spermatic cords
Vas deferens
Seminal vesicles
Ejaculatory ducts
Prostate gland
Urethra
What is the scrotum
Pouch of skin connective tissues and smooth muscle
Contains tested epididymis and end of spermatic cord
Names of muscle in scrotum that enables lifting of testes
Smooth muscle (Dartos muscle) and skeletal muscle (cremaster )
What are testes
Male gonads that are suspended by spermatic cords in scrotum
3 layers of tissue in testes
Tunica vaginalis
Tunica albuginae
Tunica vasculosa
Role of tunica vaginales in testes
Douboe membrane of peritoneum from abdomen (embryonic descent )thag detaches to surround testes
What is the fibrous layer in testes that divides testes into lobules
Tunica albuginae
Role of tunica vasculosa
Network of capillaries and delicate connective tissue
What’s inside a testes
Each contains 200-300 lobules
Each lobule contains 1-4 convulated seminiferous tubules(sperm production) connect via rete testisand efferent ducts w the epididymis, this leaves scrotum as bad deferens in the spermatic cord
Interstitial tissue (incl. Leydig cells) sit between tubules (testosterone production)