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HLED Chapter 3
Testes |
Pair of male gonads;
Produce sperm and hormones |
Scrotum |
Pouch of skin where testes are stored |
Testosterone |
Major male Hormone produced by testes;
Produces secondary male characteristics |
Sperm |
Reproductive cells made in testes;
The sperm unites with the ovum |
Seminiferous Tubules |
Tubules in testes where sperm is made |
Interstial Cells |
Cell between seminiferous tubules that secrete testosterone and hormones |
Vasa Efferentia |
Larger Tubes within testes;
Sperm move here after being produced by seminiferous tubules |
Vas Deferens |
Tube that leads sperm upward from each testes |
Anorchism |
A male born without testes |
Cyptorchidism |
When testes have not dropped into scrotum |
Monorchidism |
Born with only 1 teste |
Testicular Failure |
Lack of sperm
Lack of hormone |
Empidytimitis |
Inflamed epididymis in testes |
Penis |
Male sex organ; becomes erect.
Also leads urine and sperm out of the body |
Glans |
Sensitive head of the peins |
Frenulum |
Tight, thin skin under penile glans |
Corona |
Ridge under head of the penis |
Foreskin |
Fold of skin covering penile glans;
Prepuce |
Shaft |
Cylindrical base of penis
Contain 3 columns of spongy tissue: 2 corpora cavernosa and 1 corpus spongiousm |
Urethra |
Tube that passes through body from bladder |
Erection |
Enlargement & Stiffening;
Blood engrorges spongy tissue |
Cyclic GMP |
Secretion without spongy tissue;
Facilitates erections |
Circumcision |
Surgical removal of foreskin |
Phimosis |
Penile foreskin that is too long and too tight |
Priapism |
Continual, undesired, painful erection lasting more than 4 hrs |
Peyonie's Disease |
Developing fibrous tissue within spongy colums |
Agenesis |
Undersized; non functioning penis
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Hypospadias |
Incomplete closure of urethra |
Epispadias |
Urine empties out the abdominal opening when urethra isn't formed properly |
Seminal Vesicle |
Gland and end of each vas deferens: secretes chemical that helps sperm become mobile |
Prostate |
gland beneath bladder;
produces some secretion |
Semen |
Mixture of fluid and sperm |
Cowper's glands |
2 small glands secrete alkaline fluid during arousal to balance acidic urine |
Bulbourethral glands |
(cowper's glands) |
Prostatitis |
Inflammation of prostate glands |
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia |
Enlargement of the prostate gland |
Interstitial Cell- stimulating hormone |
Pituitary hormone stimulates testes to secrete testosterone;
Also, Luteinizing hormones in females |
Spermatocytes |
Cells lining seminiferous tubules |
Orgasm |
Pleasurable sensations and contraction that release sexual tension |
Ejactulation |
Muscular expulsion of semen from penis |
Retrograde Ejaculation |
Passage of semen into bladder during ejaculation |
Anejaculation |
Lack of ejaculation during orgasm |
Male- Climacteric |
Vague period in male mid life where there are hormonal, psychological, and sexual changes.
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy |
Injections used to increase sex interest and potency in older men |