Language Of Medicine: Chapter 9: Male Reproductive System: Vocabulary

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bulbourethral gland

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one of a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra

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ejaculation

Back 2

ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra

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ejaculatory duct

Back 3

tube through which semen enters the male urethra

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epididymis

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one of a pair of tightly coiled tubes lying on top of each testis; carries sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vans deferens

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flagellum

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hair-like on a spem cell that makes it motile

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fraternal twins

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two infants born of the same pregnancy from two seperate ova fertilized by two different sperm

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glans penis

Back 7

sensitive tip of the penis

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identical twins

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two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos

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parenchyma

Back 9

tissue composed of essential and functional cells of organ

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penis

Back 10

male organ of urination and copulation

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perineum

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external region between the anus and scrotum in the male

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prepuce

Back 12

fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

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prostate gland

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exocrine gland in men, at the base of the urinary bladder and secretes the fluid part of semen into the urethra during ejaculation

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scrotum

Back 14

external sac that contains the testes

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semen

Back 15

spermatozoa and seminal fluid

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seminal vesicle

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either of paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secrete a fluid into the vas derens

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seminiferous tubules

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narrowed coiled tubules that produce semen in the testes

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spermatozoon

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sperm cell

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sterilization

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any procedure that removes an individual's ability to produce or release reproductive cells

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stroma

Back 20

supportive, connective tissue of an organ, as distinguished from its parenchyma

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testis

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male gonad that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone

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testosterone

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hormone secreted by the interstitial tissue of the testes; responsible for male sex characteristics

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vas deferens

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narrow tube on either side that caries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra