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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What functions do the testis have? | Endocrine and exocrine |
| What are the endocrine functions of the testis? | Sperm is made by the seminiferous tubules; includes epididymis and vas deferens |
| What main hormone does the testis excrete? | Testosterone |
| Deep to superficial, what are the four layers that cover the testes? | Tunica albuginea, visceral tunica vaginalis, parietal tunica vaginalis, scrotum |
| What glad is posterior and inferior to the bladder? | Seminal gland |
| What surrounds the urethra? | Corpus spongiosum |
| What is an ampulla? | Dilation near the terminal end of a duct |
| What sphincter is inferior to the bladder? | Internal urethral sphincter |
| Is the internal urethral sphincter involuntary or voluntary? | Involuntary |
| What is the external urethral sphincter near? | Perineal membrane |
| What is the sperm pathway? | Testis, epididymis, ductus deferens, ampulla of ductus deferens, ejaculatory duct, prostatic urethra, membranous urethra, spongy urethra |
| What part of the epididymis continues on as the ductus deferens? | Tail |
| What is the cremaster muscle a continuation of? | Internal oblique muscle |
| What is the testicular nerve a branch of? | Genitofemoral |
| What nerve goes through the canal but isn't in the spermatic cord? | Ilioinguinal nerve |
| Is erection parasympathetic or sympathetic? | Parasympathetic |
| Is ejaculation parasympathetic or sympathetic? | Sympathetic |
| What is the main accessory gland in males? | Testes |
| What two tubes form the ejaculatory duct? | Ductus deferens and seminiferous tubules |
| What do the seminal vesicles empty into? | Ejaculatory duct |
| What is semen made of? | Sperm and secretions |
| What percent of semen do seminal vesicles produce? | 60% |
| What do the secretions from the seminal vescles contain? | Fibrinogen |
| What is fibrinogen for? | Keeping everything together |
| What two main nutrients are in the semen? | Fructose and citric acid |
| What percent of semen does the prostate gland produce? | 30% |
| Why are the secretions from the prostate gland basic? | Vagina is very acidic |
| Why does the prostate gland secrete fibrinolysin? | Breaks down fibrinogen once in vagina to release the sperm |
| When does the bulbourethral gland secretion the mucous? | Just before ejaculation |
| Where do the secretions from the bulbourethral glands drain? | Spongy urethra |
| What is semen emission? | Discharge of all the secretions into the urethra |
| What causes ejaculation? | Peristalsis |
| Where does fertilization of the oocyte occur? | Ampulla of fallopian tube |
| When does the fertilized oocyte implant on the uterine wall? | 5 days after fertilization |
| What takes the egg from the ovary to the fallopian tube to the uterus? | Fimbriae |
| What is the uterus covered by? | Peritoneum |
| Is the ovary covered by peritoneum? | No |
| What three things does the ovary produce? | Egg, progesterone, estrogene |
| When do ectopic pregnancies usually rupture? | 8 weeks |
| What is the vesico-uterine pouch between? | Bladder and uterus |
| Where do eggs go if the fimbriae don't catch them? | Recto-uterine pouch |
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