MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS To produce sex hormones

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

FUNCTIONS To produce sex hormones To produce and store sperm To deliver sperm to the female reproductive system.

PENIS *Male sex organ. *External organ through which sperm leave the body.

TESTES Male Reproductive Glands 2 major functions: Produce Testosterone and Produce Sperm.

SCROTUM Sac of skin carrying the testes to maintain temperature within the testes.

EPIDIDYMIS Stores the sperm until ejaculation, sperm mature here.

PROSTATE GLAND Adds fluid that protects and nourish the sperm

VAS DEFERENS Tube used to transfer sperm to the seminal vesicles

SEMINAL VESICLE Add a fluid that provides a source of energy for active sperm

URETHRA A tube that passes through the penis to the outside of the body, semen or urine pass through it

BULBO-URETHRAL (COWPER’S) GLAND Produce fluid that protects sperm from acidic conditions in the urethra, pre ejaculatory fluid

FORESKIN Loose skin covering the head of the pen

ORGASM The sexual climax

EJACULATION Ejection of sperm and semen from the penis.

NOCTURNAL EMISSION- ejaculation during sleep that is caused because of raging testosterone

MASTURBATION The touching of one’s own genitals for sexual pleasure

TESTOSTERONE- male sex hormone that produces sperm and secondary sex characteristics

SEMENfluid that is ejaculated from the male and contains millions of sperm

PATHWAY OF THE SPERM 1. Sperm produced in testes & Stored in Epididymis

PATHWAY OF THE SPERM 2. After Sperm receive a signal from the prostate gland, sperm travel through vas deferens to seminal vesicle.

PATHWAY OF THE SPERM 3. Seminal Vesicle provide fluid that give energy and nutrition.

PATHWAY OF THE SPERM 4. B-U gland neutralizes acid in urethra.

PATHWAY OF THE SPERM 5. Ejaculation out of the body through the urethra.

TESTICULAR CANCER SELF EXAM CHECK https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=TL 2 Vd 2 s. Zyn 8

MILESTONES IN SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT