Male Reproductive Vocab

Question 1

bulbourethral glands

Answer 1

a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra. They secrete fluid into the urethra. Also called Cower glands

Question 2

ejaculation

Answer 2

ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra.

Question 3

ejaculatory duct

Answer 3

tube through which semen enters the male urethra

Question 4

epididymis

Answer 4

one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes on top of each testis. It carries sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vas deferens

Question 5

erectile dysfunction

Answer 5

inability of an adult male to achieve and erection; impotence

Question 6

flagellum

Answer 6

hair-like projection on a sperm cell that makes it motile.

Question 7

fraternal twins

Answer 7

two infants born of the same pregnancy from two separate egg cells fertilized by two different sperm cells

Question 8

glans penis

Answer 8

sensitive tip of the penis

Question 9

identical twins

Answer 9

two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos. Conjoined twins are incompletely separated identical twins.

Question 10

parenchyma

Answer 10

the essential distinctive cells of an organ. In the testis, the seminiferous tubules that produce sperm are the parenchymal tissues.

Question 11

penis

Answer 11

male external organ of reproduction.

Question 12

perineum

Answer 12

external region between the anus and the scrotum in the male

Question 13

prepuce

Answer 13

foreskin; fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

Question 14

prostate gland

Answer 14

exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder. The prostate secretes the fluid part of semen into the urethra during ejaculation.

Question 15

scrotum

Answer 15

external sac that contains the testes

Question 16

semen

Answer 16

spermatozoa and seminal fluid (prostatic and seminal vesicle secretions).

Question 17

seminal vesicles

Answer 17

paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secrete fluid (a major component of semen) into the vas deferens

Question 18

seminiferous tubules

Answer 18

narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes

Question 19

spermatozoon (plural: spermatozoa)

Answer 19

sperm cell

Question 20

sterilization

Answer 20

procedure that removes an individual’s ability to produce or release reproductive cells

Question 21

stroma

Answer 21

supportive, connective tissue of an organ, as distinguished from its parenchyma

Question 22

testis (plural: testes)

Answer 22

male gonad (testicle) that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone.

Question 23

testosterone

Answer 23

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

Question 24

vas deferens

Answer 24

narrow tube (one on each side) that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra. Also called ductus deferens.