Sexual Terms

Question 1

Endocrine glands

Answer 1

any of various glands that have no duct and pour their secretions directly into the lymph or blood circulating through them – called also ductless gland

Question 2

Hormones

Answer 2

a product of living cells that circulates in body fluids (as blood) that stimulates other body cells to do something.

Question 3

Pituitary gland

Answer 3

a small oval endocrine organ located at the base of the brain that produces various hormones that regulate especially growth and reproduction

Question 4

Seminal vesicle

Answer 4

pair of glandular pouches that lie one on either side of the male reproductive tract and in the human male secrete a sugar- and protein-containing fluid into the ejaculatory duct

Question 5

Prostate gland

Answer 5

an organ found in men and male animals that produces the liquid in which sperm is carried. This gland increases in size and can sometime develop cancer. Normal screening reduces cancer risks.

Question 6

Cowper’s gland

Answer 6

either of two small glands lying on either side of the male urethra below the prostate gland and discharging a secretion into the semen that neutralizes conditions inside urethra.

Question 7

Vas deferens

Answer 7

a sperm-carrying duct in the male beginning at the epididymis and eventually joins the duct of the seminal vesicle to form the ejaculatory duct