Male Reproductive terms

Question 1

Bulbourethral Glands

Answer 1

aka Cowper glands - Pair of EXOCRINE glands near male urethra, secrete fluid into the urethra.

Question 2

Circumcision

Answer 2

Removal of the Prepuse(foreskin)

Question 3

Ejaculation

Answer 3

Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra.

Question 4

Ejaculation Duct

Answer 4

Tube through which semen enters the male urethra

Question 5

epididymis

Answer 5

Pair of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis, stores and carries sperm from the Seminiferous Tubes to the Vas Derferens

Question 6

Erectile Dysfunction

Answer 6

inability to gain erection; impotence

Question 7

Flagellum

Answer 7

hair like projection on the sperm cell that makes it motile(able the move) (tail of sperm)

Question 8

Foreskin

Answer 8

fold covering the head of penis; prepuce

Question 9

Fraternal Twins

Answer 9

Two differet ova, two different sperm

Question 10

Glans Penis

Answer 10

Sensitive tip of penis

Question 11

Indentical Twins

Answer 11

One ova, one sperm split into two

Question 12

Infertility

Answer 12

Anything that lowers chance of female getting pregnant

Question 13

Interstitial cells of the testes

Answer 13

aka Leydig cells - specialized cells that lay adjacent to the Seminiferous Tubules in the testes. these cells produce testosterone

Question 14

Parentchymal tissue

Answer 14

Essential distinctive cells of a organ, in testes the
Seminiferous Tubules = Parenchymal

Question 15

Penis

Answer 15

Male External organ of reproduction

Question 16

Perineum

Answer 16

region between anus and scrotum- Perineal means pertainting to the perineum

Question 17

Prepuce

Answer 17

Forskin

Question 18

Prostate Gland

Answer 18

Excocrine gland at base of male bladder. secretes fluid that contributes to semen durig ejaculation.

Question 19

Scrotum

Answer 19

external sac contains testes

Question 20

Semen

Answer 20

Spermatozoa, seminal fluid (prostatic and seminal vesicles secretions)

Question 21

Seminal Vesicles

Answer 21

paired sac-like excorine glands that secret fluid into the Vas Derens

Question 22

Seminiferous Tubules

Answer 22

Narrow, coiled tubes that produce sperm in testes

Question 23

Spermatozoon, Spermatozoa

Answer 23

Sperm cell

Question 24

Sterilization

Answer 24

procedure that removes ones abilitiy to produce or release reprodcutive cells

Question 25

Vasectomy

Answer 25

cuts supply of sperm to your semen

Question 26

Oophorectomy

Answer 26

Removal of ovarys

Question 27

Stromal Tissue

Answer 27

aka Stroma - Supportive, connective tissue of an organ, as distinguished from its parenchyma

Question 28

Testes - testis

Answer 28

Male gonads

Question 29

Testosterone

Answer 29

hormone secereted by the interstitial tissue of the testes; responsible for male sex characteristics.

Question 30

Vas Deferens

Answer 30

Narrow tube (one on each side) carrying sperm from the epididymis toward urethra - ductus deferens