1. From Boy to Man: Male Reproduction…?
When a baby boy is born, he has all the parts of his reproductive system in place, but it isn't until puberty that he is able to reproduce.

2. Male Reproductive Organs

3. Scrotum
Controls temperature of testicles

4. Testicles… ? Also called testes
Produce millions of tiny sperm cells and sex hormones

5. Sperm Cell… ? Males produce millions of sperm cells every day
Each sperm is 1/600 of an inch.

6. Testosterone… ? Produced in testes Male sex hormone
Small amounts found in females

7. Knowledge Check
Q1: What structure regulates the temperature of the testes? A: scrotum Q2: Where are sperm and hormones made? A: testicles Q3: What is the male sex hormone? A: testosterone

8. Semen/Seminal Vesical
The seminal vesicles produce a yellowish viscous fluid rich in fructose and other substances that makes up about 70% of human semen.
The prostatic (prostrate) secretion, influenced by the hormone dihydrotestosterone, is a whitish (sometimes clear), thin fluid, about 25%

9. Urethra… ? passageway for both urine and semen
Semen is a mix of fluids that help sperm swim
A male cannot urinate and ejaculate at the same time

10. Penis
Functions in urination, sex and reproduction

11. Foreskin
The fold of skin at the end of the penis covering the glans, or the head of the penis.

12. Knowledge Check
Q4: What are the functions of the penis? A: urination, sex and reproduction Q5: What is the name of the skin that covers the tip of the penis? A: foreskin Q6: What is the mixture of sperm cells and fluids? A: semen Q7: What is the passageway for semen and urine? A: urethra

13. Circumcision… ? The removal of the foreskin from the penis
Performed for religious, hygienic, or cultural reasons.

14. Erection
Penis is made of spongy erectile tissue that expands and contracts
Erection occurs penis fills with blood and becomes stiff and hard

15. Prostate Secretes fluids that protects sperm Fluid mixes with semen
Helps propel seminal fluid into the urethra during ejaculation, by contracting.
The urethra runs through the center of the prostrate.

16. Ejaculation
Muscles around the reproductive organs contract and semen is released from body
Also known as an orgasm
Each time a male ejaculates, it can contain up to 500 million sperm.

17. Knowledge Check
Q8: What term describes when the penis fills with blood and gets longer and harder? A: erection Q9: What term describes the removal of foreskin? A: circumcision Q10: What is another term for ejaculation? A: orgasm

18. Identify the Parts
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