1. MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

2. WHAT IS REPRODUCTION?
THE PROCESS BY WHICH LIVING ORGANISMS PRODUCE ONE OF THEIR OWN KIND.

3. What are the Male Hormones?
TESTOSTERONE
MALE HORMONE THAT REGULATES SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT.
PRODUCED IN THE TESTES.

4. MALE SEX CELL: SPERM CELL
A MALE RELEASES MILLIONS OF SPERM PER EJACULATION.

5. TESTES
THE TESTES ARE THE GLANDS THAT PRODUCE SPERM. THEY ARE IN MALES SCROTUM.

6. SCROTUM THE POUCH OR SAC THAT CONTAINS THE TESTES.
HELPS IN TEMP. CONTROL OF SPERM.

7. THE PROSTATE
IS THE ORGAN THAT ADDS FLUID TO THE SPERM TO MAKE IT LIVE LONGER AND SWIM STRONGER.

8. SEMEN NEW FLUID AFTER SPERM TRAVELS THROUGH THE PROSTATE.
SEMINAL FLUID.

9. DISORDERS OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
HERNIA- A BULGE IN HIS GROIN, SCROTUM OR ABDOMINAL WALL FROM ABDOMINAL STRAIN.
HEAVY LIFTING.

10. TESTICULAR CANCER Lump, hardness, abnormality or swelling in scrotum.
Could cause tenderness.
Self Check important!

11. PROSTATE CANCER Very common, treatable cancer in older men.
Prostate check in 50’s important!

12. STERILITY NOT ENOUGH HEALTHY SPERM TO FERTILIZE THE EGG.
SMOKING, RADIATION, OTHER CHEMICALS CONTRIBUTE.
TIGHTY WHITIES 