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19 Cards in this Set
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Oligospermia |
Decreased sperm production |
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Cryptorchidism |
Born with undescended testes |
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Benign Prostate Hypertrophy |
Common noncancerous condition of the prostate of older men |
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Phimosis |
Condition in which the foreskin fits tightly over the glans that it cannot retract |
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Impotence/ erectile dysfunction |
Failure to achieve an erection of the penis |
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Hydrocele |
Accumulation of fluid in the scrotum |
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Inginual Hernia |
Results when intestine push through the weak area of the abdominal wall that separates the abdominopelvic cavity from the scrtoum |
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Spermatogenesis |
Sperm production |
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Acrosome |
Section of the sperm that contains enzymes that enable it to break down the covering of the ovum and permit entry |
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Vas deferens |
Continuation of ducts that start in the epididymis |
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Corpus spongiosum |
Erectile tissue |
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Cowper glands |
Also know as bulbourethral |
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Epididymis |
Narrow tube that lies along the top of and behind the testes |
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Prostate glands |
doughnut-shaped gland beneath the bladder |
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Ejaculatory Duct |
union of the vas deferens with the ducts from the seminal vesicles |
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Semen |
Mixture of sperm and secretions of accessory sex glands |
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Seminal vesicles |
Contributes 60% of the seminal fluid volume |
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Prepuce |
Removed during circumcision |
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Spermatic cord |
Enclose the vas deferens, blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves |
