Male Repro Tract Flashcards
What happens in the epididymis, ductus deferens, and urethra
Transport, stores, and matures sperm
What are examples of accessory sex glands
Seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands
What are the critical regulator of male hormones
androgen
The first fetal repro structure is female, male, or both
Both
What does the Mullarian duct become
Female repro organs
What does the Wolfian duct become
Male repro organs
What do sertoli cells do to the male repro tract
cause regression of the mullarian duct
What do leyding cells do to the male repro tract
Wolffian duct development
What does MIS/AMH do?
Hormone produced by sertoli cells that causes Mullerian duct regression
What are the 3 phases of spermatogenesis
Proliferation
meiotic
differentiation
What drives spermatogenisis
Leyding cells and the androgens they produce
What are the two populations of Leyding cells
Fetal-produce androgen that drive sexual differentiation
Mature- drive spermatogenesis
What do the testes do
produce androgen
produces sperm
What species have a prostate
all
What species do not have seminal vesicles
absent in dogs and cats
