Male Reproductive system Flashcards
Average testis in an adult
between 400 and 600 seminiferous tubules.
What produces inhibit and androgen-binding protein?
Sertoli cells
What produce testosterone ?
Intersistial cells of Leydig
Erectile tissue
Corpora cavernosa (2) Corpus spongionosum (1)
Accessory glands
the bulbourethral glands, seminal vesicles, and prostate.
Bulbourethral Glands
- Cowper’s gland
- homologous to the Bartholin’s glands in females
Seminal Vesicles
Psuedostratified columnar epithelium
Prostate
-Compound tyboloalveolar glands
Where do the glands of the prostate lie ?
Fibromuscular stroma
-A.K.A fibroelastic stroma
Prostatic concretions
Spherical structure seen in some prostatic alveoli
Gential duct system
rete testes, tubuli recti, ductuli efferentes, ductus epididymidis, and ductus deferens.
Epididymis
- Pseudostratified epithelium
- stereocilia present
Vas Deferens Layers
inner longitudinal, a middle circular, and an outer longitudinal.
Epithelium of the Vas deferens
Pseudostratified