the male perineum and reproductive

Question 1

What skin-covered sac of the male reproductive system house the testes?

Answer 1

Scrotum

Question 2

What is the female homolog of the scrotum?

Answer 2

Labia majora

Question 3

What layer of smooth muscle lies within the scrotum?

Answer 3

Dartos muscle

Question 4

What is the function of the dartos muscle?

Answer 4

Constrict the scrotum

Question 5

What is the copulatory organ of the male?

Answer 5

Penis

Question 6

What is the internal portion of the penis?

Answer 6

root

Question 7

What is the elongated, movable portion of the penis?

Answer 7

Body (shaft)

Question 8

What is the tip of the penis?

Answer 8

Glans

Question 9

What opening is found within the glans penis?

Answer 9

Urethral orifice

Question 10

What is the circular fold of skin over the tip of the penis?

Answer 10

Prepuce (foreskin)

Question 11

What are the paired columns of erectile tissue located on the dorsal side of the penis?

Answer 11

Corpora cavernosa (plural)

Question 12

What column of erectile tissue within the penis surrounds the urethra?

Answer 12

corpus spongiosum

Question 13

What are the primary sex organs of the male?

Answer 13

Testes

Question 14

Within the testes what are the tightly coiled structures where sperm are produced?

Answer 14

Seminiferous tubules

Question 15

Where do the testes develop?

Answer 15

Within the abdomen

Question 16

What structure must the testes pass through to reach the scrotum?

Answer 16

Inguinal canal

Question 17

What extension of the internal abdominal oblique helps to regulate the temperature of the testis?

Answer 17

Cremaster muscle

Question 18

What is an inguinal hernia?

Answer 18

A condition when the intestines push through the abdominal wall

Question 19

Which sex is more likely to experience inguinal hernias and why?

Answer 19

Male weak spot form testicular development

Question 20

The blood vessels and nerves to the testes travel from within the abdomen to the scrotum in what multilayered structure?

Answer 20

Spermatic cord

Question 21

What are the structures found within the spermatic cord?

Answer 21

Vas deferens
Pampiniform plexus
Testicular artery
Testicular nerve

Question 22

What plexus of veins within the spermatic cord captures heat from the testicular artery in order to help cool the testes?

Answer 22

Pampiniform plexus

Question 23

What comma-shaped structure lies on the posterior side of the testes and is where sperm matures and become mobile?

Answer 23

Epididymis

Question 24

Be able to identify the various structure of the epididymis

Answer 24

Head
efferent ductules
tail

Question 25

What thick-walled tube travels within the spermatic cord, through the inguinal canal, and within the pelvic cavity?

Answer 25

Ductus deferens (vas deferens)

Question 26

As the ductus deferens approaches the superoposterior edge of the prostate gland, it enlarges into what structure?

Answer 26

Ampulla of the ductus deferens

Question 27

What accessory glands of the male reproductive system are located on the posterior surface of the urinary bladder adjacent to the ampulla of the ductus deferens?

Answer 27

Seminal vesicles

Question 28

What accessory gland of the male reproductive system is shaped like a walnut and is located at the base of the bladder?

Answer 28

Prostate gland

Question 29

What structure conducts sperm and a component of seminal fluid through the prostate toward the urethra?

Answer 29

Ejaculatory duct

Question 30

What is the female homolog of the prostate?

Answer 30

Paraurethral gland

Question 31

What are the paired, pea-shaped accessory glands of the male reproductive system located on each side of the urethra?

Answer 31

Bulbourethral glands

Question 32

What is the female homolog of the bulbourethral glands?

Answer 32

Greater vestibular glands (Bartholin’s glands)