Penis Vocab Flashcards
Acrosome
Cap like structure over the sperms head
Seminiferous tubule
Where meiosis happens and produces male gametes
Cremaster muscle
raises and lowers the testes in order to regulate scrotal temperature for optimal spermatogenesis
Prepuce
Foreskin protecting the head of the penis
Fossa navicularis
Spongy part of the urethra
Secondary sex characteristics
Features that appear during puberty
Testosterone
Principle male sex hormone
Spermatogenisis
The process in which spermatozoa are formed
Inguinal canal
Spermatic canal
Follicle stimulating hormone
Regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation and reproductive processes
Interstitial cell stimulating hormone
stimulates the interstitial cells of the testes to produce testosterone
Lutenizing hormone
stimulates Leydig cell production of testosterone
Corpus cavernosum
Contain most of the blood of the penis during an erection
Sertoli cells
Nurse cell of the testicles: helps with spermatogenisis
