Male reproductive system part 1 and 2 notes

Question 1

What is the function of the reproduction systems?

Answer 1

both in male and female is to produce offspring

Question 2

What is the main role of the male reproductive system?

Answer 2

to make sperm and deliver them to the female reproductive tract

Question 3

What is the main role of the female reproductive system?

Answer 3

produce female gametes (eggs or ova)

Question 4

What are gonads and what are they in males and females?

Answer 4

primary sex organs. Males is testes and ovaries in females

Question 5

What do gonads produce and what are they for males and females?

Answer 5

Produce gametes and sperm for males and ova (eggs) for females

Question 6

What it the Tunica albuginea?

Answer 6

fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each testis

Question 7

What is the Septa?

Answer 7

extensions of the tunica albuginea that extend into the testis and divide it into a large number of lobules

Question 8

What is the main purpose of the testes?

Answer 8

make sperm via meiosis and also produce testosterone.

Question 9

What does each lobule contain?

Answer 9

seminiferious tubules

Question 10

What are seminiferous tubules?

Answer 10

sperm forming factories

Question 11

What are interstitial cells and what do they produce?

Answer 11

soft CT surrounding the seminiferous vesicles and they produce testosterone

Question 12

What does the male duct system contain?

Answer 12

epididymis, ductus deferens, urethra

Question 13

What is the epididymis?

Answer 13

temporary storage site for the immature sperm that enter it from the testis

Question 14

What is the ductus deferens or van deferens?

Answer 14

rums upward from the epididymis through the inguinal canal into the pelvic cavity and arches over the superior aspeect of the bladder

Question 15

What is the CT called that encloses the van deferens?

Answer 15

spermatic cord

Question 16

What is the end of the ductus deferens?

Answer 16

ejaculatory duct

Question 17

What is the main purpose of the vas deferens?

Answer 17

propel live sperm from their storage sites to the ejaculatory duct and into the urethra

Question 18

What is a vasectomy?

Answer 18

cutting of the ductus deferens at the level of the testes to prevent transportation of sperm

Question 19

What is the urethra?

Answer 19

extends from the base of the urinary bladder to the tip of the penis (carries both sperm and urine)

Question 20

Prostatic urethra-

Answer 20

surrounded by the prostate gland

Question 21

membranous urethra

Answer 21

spans the distance from the prostatic urethra to the penis

Question 22

spongy (penile) urethra

Answer 22

runs within the length of the penis

Question 23

What are the male accessory organs?

Answer 23

Paired seminal vesicles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands

Question 24

What are seminal vesciles located and how much of the semen do they produce?

Answer 24

located at the base of the bladder and produce about 60% of semen that is thick and yellowish

Question 25

Prostate gland

Answer 25

single gland about the sieze and shape of a chestnut that secretes a milky fluid

Question 26

What does enlargement of the prostate gland do to men?

Answer 26

difficulty in urinating and an enhanced risk of bladder infections and kidney damage

Question 27

What are bulbourethral glands?

Answer 27

tiny, pea sized glands inferior to the prostate gland

Question 28

What is the purpose of the bulbourethral gland?

Answer 28

to cleanse the urethra of acidic urine and serves as a lubricant during sexual intercourse

Question 29

What is semen and what is its function?

Answer 29

mixture of sperm. provides a transport medium and nutrients that contains chemicals that protect the sperm and aid in movement

Question 30

What is the scrotum?

Answer 30

divided sac of skin that hangs outside the abdominal cavity between the legs and at the root of the penis

Question 31

What is the normal temp of the scrotum?

Answer 31

37.4 f or 3 c

Question 32

What are the 3 regions of the penis?

Answer 32

shaft, gland penis, foreskin

Question 33

What is a circumcision?

Answer 33

forskin is surgically removed

Question 34

What is the main function of the male reproductive system?

Answer 34

produce sperm and produce testosterone

Question 35

What is spermatogenesis?

Answer 35

production of sperm cells

Question 36

What is follicle stimulating hormone? (FSH)

Answer 36

secreted in increasing amounts during puberty

Question 37

What is spermiogenesis?

Answer 37

last stage of sperm development

Question 38

What is sexual infantilism?

Answer 38

when a male does not produce testoterone