Reproductive System Flashcards
Containing the testes and serving as a thermoregulator
Scrotum
Loop system of veins and arteries that allows heat exchange
Pampiniform plexus
Porch or diverticulum of the abdomen
Scrotum
Organ of copulation in males
Penis
4 parts of penis
Glans penis
Body
Crura
Sigmoid flexure
Free extremity; soft terminal portion of the penis
Glans penis
Main portion of penis; formed by urethra and the erectile tissue
Body
Curving of the penis
Sigmoid flexure
Erectile tissues of penis
Corpora cavernosa
Corpus spongiosum
Engorges with blood to cause erection and extension during copulation
Corpora cavernosa
Spongy tissue surrounding the urethra male reproductive system
Corpus spongiosum
Species with corkscrew shaped glans penis
Porcine
Species with cornfield spine glans penis
Feline
Foreskin of penis
Prepuce
Invagination of the skin enclosing the free extremity of the retracted penis and its opening is covered by coarse hair
Prepuce
A sac dorsal to the prepuce
Preputial diverticulum
Mixture of fatty secretion, cast of epithelial cells and bacteria
Smegma
Primary sex organs of males
Testes
Housed outside the abdomen in the scrotum
Testes
Produces spermatozoa in the seminiferous tubules
Testes
Network of tubules connected to the seminiferous tubules
Rete testis
Connect the rete testis and epididymis; collectively forms the epididymal duct
Efferent ductules
“Nurse cells” provide nourishment and support to developing sperm cells
Sertoli cells
undifferentiated male germ cells
Spermatogonia