Sexual Reproduction and Development | Male Reproductive Anatomy | Puberty and Climacetric | Sperm and Semen | Male Sexual Response |
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What is the reproductive system
This system serves to produce sperm and introduce them into the female body.
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What is the scrotum
This is a pendulous pouch of skin, muscle, and fibrous connective tissue, containing the testes
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What is male climacetric
This is a controversial concept, not accepted by all authorities that defines a period of declining reproductive function that becomes noticeable, if at all, typically in the early 50s.
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What is spermatogenesis
This is the process of sperm production. It occurs in the seminiferous tubules
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What is coitus
Sexual intercourse is also known as this
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What are secondary sex organs
These are organs other than gonads that are necessary for reproduction
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What are the scrotum and penis
These two organs constitute the external genitalia of the male and occupy the perineum
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What are FSH and LH
GnRH stimulates cells called gonadotropes to secrete these two hormones
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What is Mitosis
In this process, each double-stranded chromosome divides into two single-stranded ones, but each daughter cell still has 46 chromosomes
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What is the dorsal artery
This branch of the penile artery, travels dorsally along the penis not far beneath the skin supplying blood to the skin, fascia, and corpus spongiosum.
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What is the inguinal canal
This is the most common site of herniation in boys and men
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What is the epididymis
This is a site of sperm maturation and storage
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What is gonadotropin releasing hormone
What hormone does the hypothalamus produce to aid in puberty
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What are primordial germ cells
This is the name of the first stem cells specifically destined to become sperm
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What is the excitement phase
This phase is characterized by myotonia and increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and pulmonary ventilation
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What is cryptochidism
About 3% of boys are born with undescended testes, also known as this
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What is the prostate gland
One of the three pairs of accessory glands, this surrounds the urethra and ejaculatory ducts immediately inferior to the urinary bladder
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What is FSH
This hormone stimulates the sustentacular cells to secrete a protein called androgen binding protein which binds testosterone and accumulates it in the lumen of the seminiferous tubules and epididymis.
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What is the nucleus
This part of the spermatozoon fills most of the head and contains a haploid set of condensed, genetically inactive chromosomes
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What is an orgasm
This is short but intense reaction that lasts 3 to 15 seconds and usually is marked by the discharge of semen.
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What is week 6
During this week, the descent of the testes begins
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What is the ductus deferens
This is a muscular tube about 45 cm long and 2.5 mm in diameter. It passes upward through the spermatic cord and inguinal canal and enters the pelvic cavity.
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What is LH
This hormone stimulates the interstitial cells of the testes to secrete androgens, mainly testosterone.
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What is the prostate
This produces a thin, milky white fluid containing calcium, citrate, and phosphate ions
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What is detumescence
During the resolution phase, this is the process of the penis becoming soft and flaccid again
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