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CH 9

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andr/o   male  
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balan/o   glans penis  
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cry/o   cold  
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crypt/o   hidden  
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epididym/o   epididymus  
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gon/o   seed  
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hydr/o   water, fluid  
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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o   testis, testicle  
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prostat/o   prostate gland  
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semin/i   semen, seed  
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sperm/o, spermat/o   spermatozoa, semen  
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terat/o   monster  
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test/o   testis, testicle  
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varic/o   varicose veins  
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vas/o   vessel, duct; vas deferens  
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zo/o   animal life  
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-gensis   formation  
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-one   hormone  
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-pexy   fixation, put in place  
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-stomy   new opening  
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bulbourethral gland   one of a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra  
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cowper gland   bulbourethral gland  
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ejaculation   ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra  
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ejaculatory duct   tube through which semen enters the male urethra  
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epididymus   one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes, lying on top of each testis. It carries sperm from the semniferous tubules to the vas deferens  
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erectile dysfunction   inability of an adult to achieve an erection; impotence  
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flagellum   hair-like projection on a sperm cell that make it motile  
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fraternal twins   two infants born of the same pregnancy from two seperate ova fertilized by two different sperm  
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glans penis   sensitive tip of the penis  
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identical twins   two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distant embryos.  
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impotence   inability of an adult make to achieve an erection  
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interstitial cells   in the testes, these cells lie between the seminiferous tubules and produce the hormone testosterone  
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parenchyma   tissue composed of essential and functional cells of an organ.  
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perineum   external region between the anus and scrotum in the male  
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prepuce   fold of skin covering the tip of the penis  
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prostate gland   exocrine gland in men, at the base of the urinary bladder  
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scrotum   external sac that contains the testes  
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semen   spermatozoa and seminal fluid  
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seminal vesicle   either of paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secretes a fluid into the vas deferens. The seminal fluid is the major component of semen  
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seminiferous tubes   narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes  
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spermatozoom   sperm cell  
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sterilzation   an procedure that removes an individual ability to produce or release parenchyma  
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stroma   supportive connective tissue of an organ as distinguished from its parenchyma  
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testis   male gonad that produces spermatzoa and the hormone testosterone  
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vas deferens   narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymus into the body and toward the urethra  
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