University:
Michigan State University
Course:
ANTR 211 | Human Tissues and Cells for Medical Illustrators
Academic year:

2019
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1
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salcignofi8

Male Reproductive System KEY Match the term to its place in the text. The organs of the reproductive system include a pair of primary sex organs and their accessory sex organs, such as glands, ducts and the sex organs on the outside of the body – the external genitalia or genitals. 5 the process where sex hormones are released and begin to act on the sex ______is organs until they become fully developed. This phase of life is also called adolescence. When a person reaches sexual maturity, they can then have children of their own. The age that sexual maturity begins and how long it lasts varies from person to person. 8 (also called the gonads or In boys, the primary sex organs are the two _____ testicles). They make sperm and are also endocrine glands and make the hormone 9 _________. All other sex organs – the other glands, ducts and the penis are accessory sex organs that act to protect the sperm and deliver it to the egg for fertilization. The testes are protected by two fibrous layers with a tough outer sac called the 7 Inside, the testes are made up of long, coiled seminiferous tubules in which _______. the sperm are made. Outside of the testes, but still inside the protective scrotum, is 2 This is where sperm are stored and mature. another coiled tube called the ______. After a boy passes through puberty, his testes will make sperm for the rest of his life. 1. ejaculation 2. epididymis 3. genetic 4. prostate 5. puberty 6. semen When the sperm are needed for ejaculation, they travel from where they are stored in 7. scrotum the epididymis through a long, muscular tube, called the vas deferens (also called the 8. testes ductus deferens). 6 which The sperm pass by three accessory glands, which secrete a liquid called _____ provides a medium in which the spermatozoa can swim. The three accessory glands 4 gland and bulbourethral gland. As in order of passage are the seminal vesicle, _____ the sperm pass through the prostate gland, the tube in which they travel is then called 10 coming from the urinary the ejaculatory duct. Soon after it joins with the _____ bladder before making its way out of the penis. Only one sperm will fertilize the egg, so the sperm literally race toward the egg. Each 1 which releases up to 500 million time a man releases sperm it is called an _____, sperm. Yet only one of those sperm will fertilize the egg. Each sperm contains a set of 3 code (just as an egg contains that information from the female). So the male’s _____ the sperm provides just half of the information needed to make a new person. 9. testosterone 10. urethra