Male Parts Flashcards
Penis
- Urine leaves a male’s body through a small opening at the tip of his penis (soft, spongy tissue and blood vessels)
- Male’s sex organ
- Hangs over Scrotum, in between legs
Erection
- When the penis becomes stiff and hard and larger and longer.
- Gets filled with blood
- Stands out from body
Foreskin
Loose skin covering the end of the penis
Circumcision
Having the foreskin removed by a doctor or a specially trained religious person a few days after a baby (male) is born.
Anus
A small opening through which feces - solid waste - leave the body.
Testicles
- 2 testicles that are soft and squishy covered/protected by the scrotum.
- Sperm begins here
Sperm
Male sex cells (produced in testicles and are not made until body goes through puberty).
Epididymis
- A small tubelike structure that each testicle is connected to
- Where sperm travel through and “grow up”
Vas Deferens
Two long, narrow, flexible and fairly straight tubes that are about 1 1/2 ft long that start at Epididymis and winds all the way to the urethra.
Seminal Vesicles and Prostate Gland
Two seminal vesicles and the prostate gland produce fluids that combine with the sperm to form a mixture (semen)
Urethra
- Long, narrow tube that carries urine from bladder to penis and out through the opening at its tip.
- It’s a passageway through which semen leaves the male body
Ejaculation
When semen leaves a male’s body in rapid spurts through the tip of the penis
Travels if the Sperm
- Ejaculation
- At puberty, the brain tells the testicles to produce testosterone and sperm. Sperms travel to the epididymis where they mature and travel through the Vas Deferens, past the seminal vesicles and prostate gland through the urethra and are spurted out the tip of the penis
Scrotum
The soft sac of wrinkly skin that covers, holds and protects the two plum shaped testicles
