CHAPTER 34

Question 1

flow of sperm

• sperm courses through the organs of the male reproductive system in the following order
  1. _____ (_____)
  2. _____
  3. _____ (_____)
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____
  7. _____

Answer 1

testes (scrotum)
epididymis 
ductus deferens (vas deferens)
ejaculatory duct
prostate gland
urethra
penis

Question 2

testes

• a testis (plural testes) is a male _____, which contains many _____ that function in the production of the male sex cell (_____ or _____) and the male hormone (_____)
• the male reproductive system has _____ testes
• they are located _____ to the abdominal cavity within a skin pouch called the _____
• -the testes are located in the scrotum because the production of sperm (_____) cannot occur at _____ but will occur at a temperature slightly _____ than body temperature
• -hence, the location is external to the abdominal cavity and pass to the _____

Answer 2

gonad
seminiferous tubules 
sperm 
spermatozoa
testosterone 
2
external 
scrotum
spermatogenesis
body temperature 
less
epididymis

Question 3

epididymis

• the epididymis is a _____ shaped structure located on the _____ of each _____
• it receives _____ from the testis and stores the sperm until the sperm are released in the process of ejaculation

Answer 3

C
posterior
testis
sperm

Question 4

ductus deferens

• the ductus deferens is also referred to as the _____
• a ductus deferens begins at each _____ and has a lengthy course within a _____, through the _____, along the _____ surface of the _____, and _____ along the _____ surface of the _____, where it terminates
• -a _____ is a structure that is formed collectively by the ductus deferens and its associated _____ and _____
• –it _____ through the _____ to the _____
• -the _____ is an opening in the external oblique muscle through which the spermatic cord passes

-the ductus deferens on each side terminates by joining the duct of the _____ and thereby forming the _____

Answer 4

vas deferns
epididymis 
spermatic cord
inguinal canal 
superior
bladder
inferiorly 
posterior
urinary bladder 
spermatic cord
arteries
veins
ascends
scrotum 
inguinal ring
inguinal canal 
seminal vesicle 
ejaculatory duct

Question 5

seminal vesicle

• seminal vesicles are _____ located on the _____ surface of the _____
• they function in producing _____, which is added to the _____
• seminal vesicles are one of the three types of glands that function in the production of _____
• -collectively, these glands are referred to as _____ of the male reproductive system
• being exocrine glands, they are drained by _____
• -the duct that drains the seminal vesicle is referred to as the _____

Answer 5

exocrine glands
posterior
urinary bladder
seminal fluid
sperm
seminal fluid
accessory glands
ducts
duct of the seminal vesicle

Question 6

ejaculatory duct

• the ejaculatory duct is formed by the union of the _____ and the _____ of the _____ on each side
• this union occurs _____ to the _____ and just above the _____
• the ejaculatory ducts enter the _____ of the _____

Answer 6

ductus deferens 
duct
seminal vesicle
posterior
urinary bladder
prostate
substance 
prostate gland

Question 7

prostate gland

• the prostate gland is the second _____ gland of the male reproductive system; it secretes _____ that is added to the seminal fluid produced by the seminal vesicles
• it is located in the pelvis _____ to the _____ and below the _____
• within the substance of the prostate gland, the two _____ join with the duct draining the _____ to form the _____

Answer 7

accessory
seminal fluid 
posterior
pubis
urinary bladder
ejaculatory ducts
urinary bladder
urethra

Question 8

urethra

• the urethra is a _____ that extends from the _____ through the _____ (a skeletal muscle located between the right and left ischiopubic rami) and then through the _____ to the outside of the body
• it carries urine during _____ and _____ during ejaculation
• the urethra is subdivided into three parts:
• -the _____ is the part that traverses the prostate glanf
• -the _____ is the part that traverses the urogenital diaphragm
• -the _____ is the part that transverses the penis
• –two small exocrine glands, called _____, are located either side of the midline within the substance of the _____
• —this is the third and final _____ gland of the male reproductive system
• —the ducts draining this gland empty the secretion (additional seminal fluid) directly through the _____

Answer 8

fibromuscular tube
prostate gland
urogenital diaphragm
penis
urination
sperm
prostatic urethra 
membranous urethra 
spongy urethra 
bulbourethral glands
urogenital diaphragm 
accessory 
spongy urethra

Question 9

penis

• the penis is an _____ genital organ through with the _____ passes
• it is the male organ involved in _____
• it is composed of three longitudinal connective tissue structures that are filled with _____ called _____. these, in turn, fill with _____, resulting in an _____
• -two of these connective tissue structures are called _____ and are made up of _____ only
• -the third is called the _____, which in addition to venous sinuses, contains the _____

Answer 9

external
urethra
sexual intercourse
blood spaces
venous sinuses
blood
erection
corpora cavernosa
venous sinuses
corpora spongiosum
spongy urethra

Question 10

blood supply

• blood supply to the majority of the structures comes from the _____ and other branches off the _____
• the gonadal artery, called the _____ in males, mainly supplies the _____ and _____

Answer 10

internal pudendal artery
internal iliac artery
testicular artery
testes
epididymis