MALE REPRODUCTION Living With Children Ms. M. Guzzi

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  The male organ for intercourse, reproduction, and urination.  Reproductive purpose is to deposit semen in the vagina.  A sac-like pouch which holds the testes.  Regulates the temperature of sperm. PENISSCROTUM

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Male sex gland  Produces sperm and male hormone, testosterone.  Counterpart to the female ovary.  Male reproductive hormone made in testicles.  Causes secondary sex characteristics, production of sperm and sexual urge. Testes-Testes Gland Testosterone

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Male reproductive cell.  Smallest cell in male’s body.  Fertilizes the female’s egg(ova).  Counterpart to the female’s ova.  Group of tightly coiled tubes next to the testes that stores sperm for up to six weeks.  Sperm is held here until it matures.  It takes 64 days for sperm to mature. SpermEpididymis

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Two thin tubes that transport the sperm from the epididymis to the urethra.  Two small glands that secrete a fluid that nourishes sperm.  Enables sperm to move. Vas DeferensSeminal Vesicles

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Gland that secretes an alkaline fluid that neutralizes the acid found in the male urethra and female reproductive tract.  Without this fluid, sperm would die.  Two small pea-sized glands that secrete a clear, sticky and alkaline fluid. Prostate GlandCowper’s Gland

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Dual purpose tube that semen and urine pass through to leave the body.  Combination of fluid from the three glands and sperm.(prostate, seminal vesicles, cowper’s gland)  Nourishes and helps sperm move. UrethraSemen

Male Reproduction Vocabulary  Passage of semen from penis.  Result of muscular contractions. Ejaculation

Ms. M. GuzziJackson Liberty High School