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MALE REPRODUCTIVE
MP FINAL - MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Question | Answer |
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CORPORA CAVERNOSA | TWO COLUMNS OF ERECTILE TISSUE RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE PENIS LOCATED ALONG THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE PENIS |
PREPUCE | FORESKIN OF THE PENIS |
PRIAPISM | ABNORMAL OR CONTINUING ERECTION WITH PAIN AND TENDERNESS CAUSED BY SPINAL INJURY OR DRUGS |
GLANS | THE ROUNDED PART FORMING THE HEAD OF THE PENIS |
EPIDIDYMIS | LONG TIGHTLY COILD TUBE (20 FT) ATTACHED TO THE OUTER WALL OF EACH TESTIS |
VAS DEFERENS | LONG TUBE OR DUCT THAT RECEIVES SPERMATAZOA FROM THE EPIDIDYMUS. MERGES WITH THE SEMINAL VESICLE. CAN STORE SPERMATAZOA FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. |
SCROTUM | BALL SAC. HOLDS THE TESTES. SOFT POUCH OF SKIN. ALWAYS A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN BODY TEMP REQUIRED FOR SPERM PRODUCTION |
SEMEN | FLUID EXPELLED FROM THE PENIS DURING EJACULATION. CONTAINS SPERMATAZOA, SEMINAL FLUID, PROSTATIC FLUID AND MUCUS |
CRYPTORCHIDISM | CRYPT/O - HIDDEN ORCHID/O- TESTICLES - ISM = PROCESS. FAILURE OF ONE OR BOTH OF THE TESTICLES TO DESCEND. LOW SPERM COUNT |
STD / STI | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES |
TURP | TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE. PROCEDURE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PROSTATE GLAND IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY |