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What are the three accessory glands of the male reproductive system?
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Prostate, Seminal Vesicles and Bulbourethral (Cowper) glands
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What is the scrotum's funtion?
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To provide a cooler environment for the testes than being inside the body.
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Genitalia
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External and internal organs of reproduction
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The major androgen is what?
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Testosterone
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What does testosterone do?
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Stimulates the brain to increase libido in the male.
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What is the spermatogenesis process in order?
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1.)Germ cells of the seminiferous tubules mature and divide (mitosis) and then undergo two divisions called meiosis. 2.)The four daughter cells differentiate into 3.)spermatids and then 4.)spermatozoa(sperm)
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Libido
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Sexual desire
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Cryptorchism
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Failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
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The male prostate and urethra have what?
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Both urological and reproductive functions.
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Stored sperm remain fertile for how long?
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40 to 60 days
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When sperm become too old and are not ejaculated where do they go?
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They disintegrate and are reabsorbes in the epididymis.
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Ejaculation is...
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The sudden expelling of semen.
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Vesicle is...
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A small sac containing liquid.
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Seven up means what?
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The pathway of sperm. Seminiferous tubules, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, nothing, urethra, penis.
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Where is the prostate gland located?
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Immediately below the bladder and anterior to the rectum and surrounding the urethra and the ejaculatory duct.
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