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1. SCROTUM (“pouch”)
Description: sac of skin that hangs
outside at the root of the penis.
Function: Protective covering and
acts as a climate control system for
the testes.
3. PENIS (“tail”)
Description: copulatory organ. It is
about 10.7-19.1 cm (4.2-7.5 in.)
when erect. The penis consists of
root, shaft or body, glans penis or
head and foreskin or prepuce.
Function: Designed to deliver sperm into the female reproductive tract.
Male Duct System – sperm travel from the testes to the outside of the body through a system of ducts.
6. URETHRA
Description: the terminal (end) portion of the male duct system.
Function: it serves as urinary and reproductive systems and ejaculate (propels) semen when the man
reaches orgasm.
Accessory Reproductive Glands – glands produce the bulk of semen (sperm plus accessory gland secretions).
7. SEMINAL VESICLES
Description: lie on the back wall of the bladder. Each gland is about the shape and length (5 to 7 cm) of a
little ginger.
Function: secrete yellowish viscous alkaline fluid containing fructose sugar, ascorbic acid, a coagulating
enzyme (vesiculase) and prostaglandins.
8. PROSTATE GLAND
Description: single gland about the size and shape of a chestnut and just in front of the rectum.
Function: secretes fluid that nourishes, protects and activate sperm. It is milky, slightly acid fluid that
contains citrate (a nutrient source) and several enzymes (fibronolysin and acid phosphatase). Letting the
urine and semen flow out of the body.
9. BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS/COWPER’S GLAND
Description: pea-sized gland situated below the prostate gland.
Function: produce a thick, clear mucus that drains into the spongy urethra. This secretion, which is released
prior to ejaculation, neutralizes traces of acidic urine in the urethra.
a. ERECTION
Enlargement and stiffening of the penis, results from
engorgement of the erectile bodies with blood, which allows it
to penetrate the female vagina.
b. EJACULATION (Ejac=to shoot forth)
Propulsion of expels semen from the male duct system into the
vagina.
C. Unlocking of Difficulties:
a. Sperm or Spermatozoa – The male gamete or reproductive cell involved in sexual reproduction. It is produced
by a male organism that unites with the egg of a female organism forming a zygote.
b. Androgens – male sex hormone responsible for the development of male sexual characteristics.
A. External Ganetalia
Female reroductive structure lie external
(outside) to the vagina.
Also called the vulva ("covering”) or
pudendum (“shameful”)
9. PREPUCE OF CLITORIS
Fold of skin fold that hooded the clitoris and formed the junction of the labia minora folds.
B. INTERNAL GANITALIA
14. OVARIES
Description: flank the uterus or each side, are shaped like almonds and about twice as large.
Function: produce egg cell (oogenesis) and produce and release two groups of sex hormones—
progesterone and estrogen.