Cards (15)

  • Corpus spongium - the mass of spongy tissues which surrounds the urethra and involves in erection by allowing rushing of blood into it
  • Corpus cavernosa - one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissues which contains most of the blood in the penis during penile erection
  • Urethra - a tube within the penis that conveys semen out of the body during ejaculation
  • Glans - the rounded, highly sensitive head of the penis
  • Prepuce - a fold of skin, covering the head of the penis
  • Scrotum - a pouch of skin formed from the lower part of the abdominal wall, it keeps the testes at a temperature slightly cooler than body temperature
  • Testis - two oval-shaped organs that produce sperm and testosterone
  • Testosterone - the primary male sex hormone
  • Epididymis - a tightly coiled tubes against testicles, it acts as a maturation and storage for sperm
  • Vas deferens - a thin tube that starts from the epididymis to the urethra in the penis
  • Accessory glands - these glands produce nourishing fluids for the sperms that enter the urethra
    -seminal vesicles
    -prostate gland
    -bulbourethral glands
  • Seminal vesicles - sac-like structures attached to the vas deferens at one side of the bladder
  • Prostate gland - surrounds the ejaculatory ducts, the base of the urethra, just below the bladder, this is responsible for making the production of semen
  • Semen - a liquid mixture of sperm cells, prostate fluids, and seminal vesicles
  • Bulbourethral glands (Cowper's gland) - 2 small glands located on the sites of the urethra just below the prostate gland, these glands produce a clear, slippery fluid that empties directly into the urethra