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Male Reproductive
Reproductive Male Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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One of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes on top of each testis | epididymis |
Sensitive tip of the penis | glans penis |
Two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos | identical twins |
Pair of exocrine organs near the male urethra; secrete fluid into the urethra | bulbourethral glands |
Tube through which semen enters the male urethra | ejaculatory duct |
External region between the anus and scrotum | perineum |
Two infants born of the same pregnancy from two separate egg cells fertilized by two different sperm cells | fraternal twins |
Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra | ejaculation |
The essential, distinctive cells of an organ | parenchymal tissue |
Hair-like projection on a sperm cell | flagellum |
Inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence | erectile dysfunction |
Foreskin of the penis | prepuce |
Hormone secreted by the testes | testosterone |
Procedure that removes an individual’s ability to produce or release reproductive cells | sterilization |
Exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder | prostate gland |
Male gonad that produces sperm cells and male hormone | testis |
Supportive, connective cells of an organ | stromal tissue |
Sperm cells and seminal fluid | semen |
Narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm cells in the testes | seminiferous tubules |
Narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra | vas deferens |