Ch 9 Male reproductive system

• what is the name of a male sex cell

  spermatozoon
• what does the tail consist of

  flagellum
• what hormone is responsible for bodily characteristics of the male

  testosterone
• bulbourethral glands

  pair of exocrine glands near male urethra (cowper glands)
• ejaculation

  ejection of sperm and fluid through male urethra
• ejaculatory duct

  tube where semen enters the male urethra
• epididymis

  one of a pain of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis that stores and carries sperm to the vas deferens
• erectile dysfunction

  inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence
• flagellum

  hair like projection on a sperm cell that makes it motile
• fraternal twins

  two infants resulting from fertilization of two separate ova by two separate sperm cells
• glans penis

  sensitive tip of the penis; comparable to the clitoris
• identical twins

  two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two embyros; siamese = conjoined
• interstitial cells of the testes

  specialized cells adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in the testes

  • produce testosterone
  • leydig cells
• parenchymal tissue

  essential distinctive cells of an organ
• penis

  male external organ of reproduction
• perineum

  external region between the anus and scrotum in the male
• prepuce

  foreskin, fold of skin covering tip of penis
• prostate gland

  exocrine gland at the base of male urinary bladder, secretes fluid part of semen into urethra during ejaculation
• scrotum

  external sac that contains the testes
• semen

  spermatozoa and seminal fluid discharged from the urethra during ejaculation
• seminal vesicles

  paired sac like exocrine glands that secrete fluid into the vas deferens
• seminiferous tubules

  narrow coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes
• sterilization

  procedure that removes a persons ability to produce or release reproductive cells through removal of testicles, vasectomy, oophorectomy
• stromal tissue

  supportive, connective tissue or an organ, stroma
• vas deferens

  narrow tube carrying sperm from the epididymis toward the urethra, ductus deferens
• which term refers to the skin covering the tip of the penis

  prepuce
• andr/o

  male
• balan/o

  glans penis
• cry/o

  cold
• crypt/o

  hidden
• epididym/o

  epididymis
• gon/o

  seed
• hydr/o

  water or fluid
• orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

  testis, testicle
• pen/o

  penis
• prostat/o

  prostate gland
• semin/i

  semen, seed
• sperm/o

  spermatozoa, semen
• terat/o

  monster
• test/o

  testis, testicle