Male Reproductive System Anatomy

MALE ANATOMY:

1. Seminal Vesicles: the seminal vesicles produce SEMINAL FLUID which mixes with the sperm to form semen.

2. Prostate Gland: here is where prostate fluid is formed which also mixes with sperm to form SEMEN This is also where the most common form of male reproductive system cancer takes place – Prostate Cancer.

3. Cowpers Glands: SPERM travel through the seminal vesicles, prostate gland and cowper’s glands, mixing with fluids that will protect and propel the sperm upon ejaculation.

4. Urethra: this is the tube that carries SPERM and URINE out of the body. Upon arousal, there is a valve that shuts (to prevent urine from the bladder to enter) to carry the semen out of the male’s body.

5. Penis: the external MALE sex organ.

6. Testes (Testicles): where sperm and TESTOSTERONE (the male sex hormone) are produced.

7. Scrotum: sac that protects the TESTES Excess pressure and high temperatures can cause sperm to be deformed.

8. Epidiymis: the place where sperm are STORED .

9. Vas Deferens: tubes running from the epididymis, out of the scrotum. Sperm travel from the epididymis up the vas deferens to the seminal vesicles, prostate gland and cowpers gland. Here it mixes with different fluids that are produced to protect and propel the sperm out of the male’s body.

MALE TERMINOLOGY:

10. Sperm: the MALE reproductive cell.

11. Semen: the mixture of seminal fluid and SPERM .

12. Ejaculation: the action that forces the semen through the urethra and out of the body.

13. Vasectomy: the SURGICAL removal of part of the vas deferens, used as a means of sterilization. These tubes are cut and cauterized so that sperm never combine with the other fluids, and therefore won’t be present to fertilize the egg.