Male Reproductive System Flashcards
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Vas Deference
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- carries sperm through testes and to the to the outside
- connects with the prostate gland to the ejaculatory duct
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Epididymus
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-tubes that lie over the testicles where sperm matures
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Ejaculatory Duct
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-site where sperm mixes with secretions from seminal vesicles
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Dartos muscle
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- muscle that lines the skin
- reacts to temperature
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Creamaster muscle
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- encases everything
- striated muscle not under voluntary control, reacts mainly to creamaster refelx
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Seminiferous tubules
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- where sperm are made
- inside lining made up of Sertoli cells
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Prostate Gland
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- secretes alkaline fluid
- makes acid phosphatase(activated by acidity in vagina) which will make semen clot in vagina
- also secretes Decoagulase
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Seminal vessicle
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- Secretes alkaline fluid which neutralizes the vaginal acidity
- makes of 60-70% of semen
- also contains fructose and amino acids
- produce prosteglandins
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Bulbourethral gland
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- secretes colorless mucus like fluid
- comes out before orgasm to clear urethra of any deposits from urine
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Spermatagoina
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- diploid cells that line the seminiferous tubules
- constantly going through mitosis
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Legid Cells
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-produce testosterone in response to FSH
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Sertoli cells
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- produce sperm in response to testosterone
- testosterone converted to estrogen by Aromatase
- adrogen binding protein binds testosterone and prevents it from diffusing away
- produces inhibin, STP,
