Chapter 9 - Male Reproductive System - Terminology Flashcards
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What is Flagellum and where is it located?
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- Hair like projection that makes the sperm cells mobile
- Its the tail of the sperm
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What is Spermatozoon or Sperm cells?
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Male sex cell
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What does the sperm carries on the Head Region?
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Carries its nuclear hereditary material or chromosomes
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What is fraternal twins?
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- Resulting from fertilization of 2 egg and 2 sperm cells
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What is identical twins?
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- Resulting from fertilization of a single egg by a single sperm cell then divided into 2
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What does the male reproductive system designed to produce and release?
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- Billions of sperm cells throughout the man’s lifetime
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What is testosterone?
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- A hormone responsible for the bodily characteristics of the male
- Androgen
- Male hormone
- Ex: beard, public hair and deeper voice
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What is Scrotum?
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- Sac containing the male gonads (sperm cells)
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What is Seminiferous Tubules?
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- Where sperm is formed/made in the testes
- Parenchymal tissue in the testes
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What is Prostate gland?
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- Under the bladder and surrounds the urethra
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What is Epididymis /Epididymides?
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- Stores and carries semen to the vas deferens
- One pair of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis
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What is the Cowper glands/Bulbourethral glands?
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- Extra fluids to combine with the semen
- Pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra
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What is ejaculation?
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- Ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra
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Ejaculatory duct
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- Tube through which semen enters the male urethra
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
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- Inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence
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Glans Penis
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- Sensitive tip of the penis like the clitoris in female
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What is Conjoined (Siamese)?
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- Twins are incompletely separated identical twins
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Interstitial cells of the testes / Leydig cells
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- Produces testosterone
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Parenchymal Tissue
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- Seminiferous Tubules in the testes
- Essential distinctive cells of an organ
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Penis
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- Make external organ of reproduction
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Perineum
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- External region between the anus and scrotum
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Prepuce
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- Foreskin; fold skin covering the penis
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Semen
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- Spermatozoa or seminal fluid discharged from the urethra during ejaculation
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Seminal Vesicles
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- Paired sac-like exocrine glands that secrete fluid into the vas deferens
- Help mobilize the sperm
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Spermatozoon, Spermatozoa
- Sperm cell
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Sterilization
- Procedures that removes a person's ability to produce or release reproductive cells through removal of testicles, vasectomy, or oophorectomy
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Stromal Tissue
- Supportive, connective tissue or an organ; stroma
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Testis, Testes
- Male gonad (testicle) that produces spermatozoa and testosterone
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Vas Deferens
- Narrow tube carrying sperm from the epididymis toward the urethra; ductus dferens
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Hypospadias
- Congenital condition of the male urethra
| - Where the urethra come out from the side instead of on tip
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A spermolytic substance
- Destroys sperm cells
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Chlamydial Infection
- Blood in urine, painful intercourse, will need ABX
- Most often caused Nongonococcal urethritis
- STI
- Can spread and cure
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Herpes genitalis
- Once have it, will always have it
- ABX
- Comes out with stress
- STI
- Primary lesion is blister
- Non cureable
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Human papilloma virus (HPV)
- Both male and female
- 2 injection starting at age 9
- ABX
- STI
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Syphilis
- Big ulcers on the penis that can affect the nervous system
- ABX
- STI
- Cryogenic surgery
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
- Laboratory test for levels of an antigen
| - Might be false, if a rectum exam is done before the test
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Semen analysis
- Men bring back the semen cup in __ weeks after a vestectomy
- Laboratory test
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Digital Rectum Exam
DRE
| - use to check patient's prostate
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Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
TURP
| - Take tissue sample from the urethra
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Sexually Transmitted Infection
STI
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
BPH
- Benign growth of cells
- 1st stage of prostate cancer
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Balanitis
Inflammation of the glans penis
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Cryogenic surgery
Pertaining to destruction of tissue by producing cold temperatures
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Cryptorchidism
Undescended/ hidden testicles
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Epididymitis
Inflammation of the epididymis
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Gonorrhea
- STI
- Marked by gonococci and urethral discharge
- ABX
- Can spread and cure
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Hydrocele
Hernia (sac) of fluid in the scrotal sac/scrotum
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Orchiectomy
Removal of a testicle
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Orchitis
Inflammation of a testicle
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Penile
Pertaining to the penis
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Penoscrotal
Pertaining to the penis and scrotum
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Prostatitis
Inflammation of the prostate gland
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Prostatectomy
Removal of the prostate gland
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Spermolytic
Pertaining to destruction of sperm
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Oligospermia
Scantly production of sperm
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Aspermia
Lack of formation or ejaculation of semen
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Teratoma
Tumor (testicular) that is composed of may type of tissue
| - Monster mass tumor with teeth, eye and vein
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Testicular
Pertaining to the testes
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Varicocele
- Hernia ( collection ) of swollen, twisted veins above the testes
- Large dilated/ twisted veins
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Vasectomy
Removal of a portion of each vas deferens
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Azoospermia
Lack of spermatozoa in semen
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Spermatogenesis
Formation of sperm cells
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Orchiopexy
Fixation of the testicle. It is put in place following a diagnosis of cryptorchidism
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Vasovasostomy
New opening (anastomosis) between two parts of the vas deferens; surgery to reverse vasectomy
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Testicular torsion
Twisting of the spermatic cord
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Make gamete
Sperm cells
