Male Anatomy Questions
What is the organ that holds fluid flowing from the kidneys?
Bladder
What is the name for the two pea-sized glands that secrete fluid before ejaculation (pre0ejaculate) which helps o neutralize and acidic environment of the urethra?
Cowper's glands (or bulbourethral glands)
At the top of each testicle, what tightly coiled tube stores sperm and allow sperm to continue to mature for up to 6 weeks?
Epididymis
What covers the glans of the penis totally or partially, unless it is removed through a procedure called circumcision?
Foreskin
What is the name of the smooth head of the penis?
Glans
What is the organ that has as its ,main functions sexual pleasure, reproduction, and urination?
Penis
What is the gland, about the size and shape of a walnut, at the base of the bladder, that produces approximately 30% of the seminal fluid?
Prostate gland
What is the loose sac of skin that holds, protects, and helps regulate the temperature of the two testicles?
Scrotum
What is the name of the two sac-like structures that are responsible for producing 70% of the semen?
Seminal vesicles
What are the small tubes where germ cells are produced and developed into sperm?
Seminiferous tubules
What is the name of the male sex cell that must fertilize a female sex cell in order to produce a baby?
Sperm
What is the name for the two glands responsible for producing sperm and the male sex hormone, testosterone?
Testicles (also called testes)
What is the tube that transports urine and semen at different times out of the male body?
Urethra
What is the naïf the small opening at the tip of the pens for the passage of urine and semen?
Urethral opening
What is the passageway for the sperm leading from the testicles to the urethra?
Vas deferens