Male Reproductive Systems

Question 1

Function of the Male Reproductive System (2)

Answer 1

Production, maturation and storage of spermatozoa

Delivery of spermatozoa in semen into the female reproductive tract

Question 2

What is the Scrotum? (3)

Answer 2

Pouch of pigmented skin, fibrous and connective tissue and smooth muscle

Two compartments, each containing one testis, epididymis and testicular end of spermatic cord

Lies below the symphysis pubis

Question 3

What is the Testes?

Answer 3

Male reproductive gland

Question 4

What size are the Testes?

Answer 4

4.5cm long, 2.5cm wide and 3cm thick

Question 5

Testes function are? (2)

Answer 5

Produce spermatozoa

Groups of interstitial cells secrete Testosterone after puberty

Question 6

2 Facts about the Urethra?

Answer 6

Common pathway for the flow of urine and semen

19-20cm long

Question 7

what does the Prostate gland Secretes? (1)

Answer 7

thin, milky fluid that equates to 30% of semen volume

Question 8

What does the Prostate gland weigh?

Answer 8

Weighs about 8g in youths but progressively enlarges with age