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Accessory Structures of the male reproductive system
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Epididymus
Vas (Ductus) Deference Ejaculatory Duct |
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Provides site for the immature sperm to mature
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Epididymus
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Passes through the inguinal canal into the the pelvic cavity
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Vas (ductus) Deference
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Enclosed along with blood vesels and nerves in a connective tissue sheath
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Spermatic cord
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End of the ductus deference empties into the
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Ejaculatory duct
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Accessory glands of the male
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Prostate Gland
Seminal Vesicles Bulborethral Gland |
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Accesoory glands produces...
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Seminal fluid, the liquid medium in which sperm leave the body
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Sperm and seminal fluid...
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enters the urethra together.
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Secretes a milky fluid into the urethra
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Prostate gland.
Plays a role in activating the sperm |
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Produce a thick, clear mucous that drains into the membranous urethra and acts to wash residual urine out of the urethra when ejaculatory of semen occurs.
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Bulbourethral Glands
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Copulatory organ of the male
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Penis and the Scrotal sac
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Causes an erection
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3 elongated cyinders of erectile tissue that fill with blood during sexual excitement.
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Each testes is covered by a dense connective tissue capsule called the
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Tunica Albuginea
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Sperm FORMING fatories
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Seminifourous tubules
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Produces testosterone
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Instertitial cells
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Endocrine
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Testosterone
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Exocrine
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Sperm production
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Sertoli cells....
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nourishes
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Contains enzymes that pentrate the
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Acrosome
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Contains DNA in the sperm
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Sperm head
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Contains mitochondria that will provide the ATP needed for the whiplike movement s of the tail filaments
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coils the midpiece of the sperm
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Hormone produced by the vesicular follicle
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Estrogen
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Hormone produced by the corpus luteum
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Estrogen and progesterone
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