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Primate with non-pendulus scrotum
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Gibbon
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Produce sperm
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Testes
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Where sperm is stored
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Epididymis
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Conduct sperm from the testes to the urethra
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Vas deferens
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Secretes fructose to give sperm energy to move
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Seminal Vesicle
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Secretes buffer for sperm to survive in acidic vagina
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Prostate gland
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Primary sexual organ where genes are packaged into gametes
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Gonads
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Secretes mucus
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Bulbourethral gland
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2nd leading cause of death in American Men
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Prostate Cancer
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Ways to detect prostate cancer
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Digital rectal exam
Blood tests for prostate specific antigen; a tumor maker. |
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Almost 200,000 cases per year
30,000 resulting in death |
Testicular Cancer
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Testicular Cancer can be detected by
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Self-examination of testes feeling for hardening or lumps
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Ability to make sperm
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Spermatogenesis
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Divides by mitosis to form primary spermatocyte.
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Spermatogonium
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Produces haploid spermatids
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Meiosis
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