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MALE ACCESSORY ORGAN NOTES
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EPIDIDYMIS Site of sperm maturation and storage
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VAS DEFERENS Stores sperm for several months and propels them toward urethra during ejaculation
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SEMINAL VESICLE Secrete alkaline, viscous fluid that makes up about 60 % of volume of semen
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PROSTATE GLAND Surrounds urethra
Secretes a milky, alkaline fluid that makes up about 25 % of the semen
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BULBOURETHRAL/ COWPER’S GLANDS
Secrete an alkaline mucus in response to sexual stimulation, and lubricate penis for intercourse
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SEMEN Mixture of sperm and secretions from accessory glands
Contains 120 million/ ml average Ave. volume of ejaculate is about 2- 6 ml.
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Provides fluid for transport, nutrients, and neutralizes acid in male urethra and female vagina
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PENIS Conveys urine and semen to outside of body Root – base of penis,
body and glans penis (enlarged tip of penis)
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Body – made of three cylindrical masses two corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum
fills with blood during erection Glans penis – enlarged tip of penis
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EJACULATION Emission of semen
Triggered by presence of semen in urethra through spinal nerves in sacral portion of cord.
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